Sodio

Sodium /ˈsoʊdiəm/ is a chemical element with symbol Na (from Ancient Greek Νάτριο) and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silver-white, highly reactive metal. In the Periodic table it is in column 1 (alkali metals), and shares with the other six elements in that column that it has a single electron in its outer shell, which it readily donates, creating a positively charged atom - a cation.

Properties

• Phase: Solid
• Density: 0.968 g/cm³
• Melting Point: 370.944 K
• Boiling Point: 1156.09 K

Uses