Why does Na stand for salt?

Answer 1

no . na stands for no not really.

Na is Sodium, an element that explodes when it touches water. I'm pretty sure salt is Na and something else, maybe Cl.

I looked on Google, salt is NaCl, but there are other types of salt that might have different elements.

Answer 2

Sodium nitrate is a salt because it is a compound consisting of one radical with very high electronegativity, nitrate, and one metal with very low electronegativity, sodium. Any time the difference in electronegativity is high, the resulting compound is a salt. In case this explanation seems obscure, here is another answer. Sodium donates electrons and nitrate accepts electrons, hence, sodium will donate an electron to nitrate, therefore the sodium will become positively charged, the nitrate will become negatively charged, and you will have an ionic compound, also known as a salt. Because the products of the reaction between an acid and a base are water and a substance which is generally termed a "salt." Nitric acid (HNO3) reacted with the base Sodium hydroxide (NaOh) will produce water (H2O) and the "salt," Sodium nitrate (NaNO3). when it reacts with water, the product is not H+ which would make it an acid. neither is the product OH- which would make it a base. Therefore it is a salt. It is the product of a reaction between an acid and a base