The sodium reacts with the air (oxygen) and tarnishes.
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Sodium (Na) and Chlorine (CL) combine to form Sodium Chloride- (NaCl)- but you probably call it table salt.
Don't you mean: "Is sodium lustrous?" And yes, it is. Lustre is how shiny a substance is. Don't you mean: "Is sodium lustrous?" And yes, it is. Lustre is how shiny a substance is.
Sodium is shiny, but it reacts very quickly with oxygen in the air to form lithium oxide, which is a dull black color.
It is shiny but starts to turn darker straight after being cut.
Sodium in its natural state is shiny, like most metals. When sodium interacts with oxygen in the air, it become sodium oxide, which is much more dull. As a result, when you cut into a piece of sodium, you reveal a brand new part of the sodium that has not yet become sodium oxide and is still shiny.
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The surface of sodium rapidly oxides and forms a grody corrosion layer, but a freshly cut surface of sodium is indeed shiny and will remain that way in an inert atmosphere.
If the metal had a metallic luster, on a freshly exposed, non-weathered surface, you would see a somewhat shiny, opaque surface.
Sodium (Na) and Chlorine (CL) combine to form Sodium Chloride- (NaCl)- but you probably call it table salt.
Magnesium would only be shiny in a freshly cut surface. It quickly oxidizes with a film of protective oxide rapidly forming. In this condition it would look grey. It does conduct both heat and electricity.
Potassium is an alkali metal.It is shiny when freshly cut but quickly go dull.
because soduim turns metals dull
Shiny.
It is shiny.
yes, they're shiny when polished or freshly cut.
Don't you mean: "Is sodium lustrous?" And yes, it is. Lustre is how shiny a substance is. Don't you mean: "Is sodium lustrous?" And yes, it is. Lustre is how shiny a substance is.