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.
yes sodium has a high luster
In its natural state when isolated - YES
shiny
Luster of tin
Graphite is black and posseses dull appearance
As a rock, gabbro does not have a luster. Luster is a term used to characterize a mineral.
Diamonds do not have a metallic luster; diamond luster is adamantine to waxy.
bright yellow, metallic luster
Asking if something "has luster" is about the same as asking if it "has appearance". EVERYTHING has a luster, the question is "what kind?" For halite, most people would describe it as a glassy or vitreous luster.
The luster of rock salt is Vitreous (glassy)
Pure sodium chloride crystals are transparent.
physical change
At room temperature, sodium metal is so soft that it can be easily cut with a knife. In air, the bright silvery luster of freshly exposed sodium will rapidly tarnish. The density of alkali metals generally increases with increasing atomic number, but sodium is denser than potassium. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium#Characteristics
the answer is luster/
the answer is luster/
All minerals have luster. There are different types of luster. Pyrite has metallic luster.
Crystalline quartz is has a glassy luster. Other forms of quartz can have a dull luster.
That would be the degree of luster.
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