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Sodium is classified as a metal because it is a metal.
Pure sodium (which you have probably never seen) is a bright, shiny, soft metal that is easily cut with a knife and which instantly reacts with air to form a dull patina. When dropped in water it reacts violently and explosively.
Because it is so highly reactive, it does not exist in nature other than in compounds. You probably know it as the compound sodium chloride which is table salt, and is not a metal, but is the salt of a metal and a gas.
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∙ 9y agoThe chemical element Sodium is classified as an alkali metal. It is soft, silver-white in color, highly reactive, and located in Group 1, Period 3, Block S of the Periodic Table.
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∙ 15y agoPotassium is classified as an "Alkali Metal"
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∙ 6y agoSodium is a solid alkali metal; chlorine is a nonmeatal, a gaseous halogen.
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∙ 6y agoThe water solution of sodium chloride is homogeneous.
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∙ 6y agoSodium is an alkali metal solid, chlorine is a halogen gas.
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∙ 11y agoSodium on the periodic table
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What elements do salt contain?
Regular salt is made up of two elements from the periodic table. These two periodic elements are chlorine and sodium.
What is made from elements sodium and chlorine?
sodium chloride
How do the elements sodium and chlorine produce the compound sodium chloride?
The elements sodium and chlorine undergo a chemical reaction which produces sodium chloride. 2Na + Cl2 --> 2NaCl
What elements are represented in NaCl?
Sodium (Na) Chlorine (Cl)
What are the elements found in sodium chlorate?
sodium, chlorine and oxygen
What elements are in sodium chlorine?
Sodium (Na) and Chlorine (Cl) are both elements. There is no such thing/compound as "sodium chlorine" Table salt is "Sodium Chloride" (NaCl).
How is chlorine and sodium?
Chlorine and sodium are natural chemical elements.
What elements do salt contain?
Regular salt is made up of two elements from the periodic table. These two periodic elements are chlorine and sodium.
What elements are in NaCl?
Sodium (Na) and Chlorine (Cl) are the elements that make up NaCl otherwise known as Sodium Chloride.
Is sodium chloride classified as metals?
No, sodium chloride is classified as a salt. It is a compound fo sodium, a metal, and chlorine, a nonmetal.
The compound sodium chloride is what elements?
sodium and chlorine
What is made from elements sodium and chlorine?
sodium chloride
How do the elements sodium and chlorine produce the compound sodium chloride?
The elements sodium and chlorine undergo a chemical reaction which produces sodium chloride. 2Na + Cl2 --> 2NaCl
Which two elements are in sodium chloride?
i believe its commonly known as table salt
What elements are in sodium chloride other than sodium and chloride?
Sodium and chlorine are the only elements in sodium chloride.
What elements are represented in NaCl?
Sodium (Na) Chlorine (Cl)
What are NaCl elements?
Sodium chloride contain sodium and chlorine.
