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Sodium is to reactive to occur in its elemental form in nature. It will react rapidly with oxygen and nitrogen in air and will react violently with water. The only effective way of extracting sodium from its compounds is electrolysis.
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Can you dig up pure aluminium from the ground?
no
The metal element makes up table salt?
Table salt (sodium chloride, NaCl) contain sodium and chlorine. Sodium is the metal.
What elements are used to make up sodium?
Sodium is an elemental metal, so sodium is the only element in sodium.
What is sodium made up of?
I your talking about pure sodium, then it is just an extremely reactive metal that must be stored in oil, to prevent it reacting with O2 or H2O in the air. Sodium also is one 'half of table salt in the form Na+, the other half being chloride Cl-
WHAT IS THE elements is a metal?
That metal, if it is a pure elemental metal. Each element that makes up the alloy, if it is a metal alloy.
Were is sodium found?
Pure sodium isn't found anywhere naturally, it is too reactive and will always combine with something. The most common place to find sodium is in common salt, that is made up of sodium and chlorine. If you want pure sodium, you just need to separate it out from whatever it is combined with.
What is the definition of a pure element?
a pure element is the simplest form of an atom, having nothing else in it. example Na.
Chemical make up of sodium sulfate?
The original two elements to make the compound Sodium Sulphate are Sodium and Sulphur. The reason you put -ate on the end is because you have reacted a metal (Sodium) with a non-metal (Sulphur)
What kind of bond does halite have?
an ionic bond, since halite is made up of Sodium and Chlorine, a non metal and a metal, ionic bonds are made up of nonmetals and metals. A covalent bond, however, is made up of a nonmetal and a nonmetal
How do you destroy sodium metal?
by putting it in water it which creates a chemical reaction. If you put a lot of sodium metal in water, it will blow up so when experimenting with this, be extra careful.
Is salt a mineral or not?
Sodium is a metal, common table salt is sodium chloride, which is a compound. Sodium can make up salt. In the nature sodium chloride exist as the mineral halite.
How many metallic elements does a pure metal contain?
A pure metal is just that; that metal, thus pure metals contain just one metal. For example aluminium foil contains just aluminium atoms. Alloys are one or more metals/elements that make up the metal, e.g C and Fe in steel.
