Sodium: Properties

Element

• Name: Sodium
• Atomic Number: 11
• Chemical Symbol: Na
• Electronic Configuration: [Ne]3s¹
• Abundance:
  • Earth: 2.3x10⁴ ppm
  • Solar System: 1.91x10⁶ (rel. to [H]=1x10¹²)
• Ocurrence

  Clausthalite	NaCl
  Cryolite	Na3AlF6
  Glauberite	Na2Ca(SO4)2
  Krohnkite	Na2Cu(SO4)2.2H2O
  Mirabilite	Na2SO4.10H2O
  Natron	Na2CO3.10H2O
  Nepheline	(Na,K)AlSiO4
  Sodium nitrate	NaNO3
  Thenardite	Na2SO4
  Thermonatrite	Na2CO3.H2O
  Trona	Na3H(CO3)2.5H2O
  Ulexite with Realga	NaCaB5O9.8H2O
  Villiaumite	NaF