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4. Room temperature sodium metal is soft enough that you can cut it
with a butter knife.
5. In humans, sodium is important for maintaining fluid balance in
cells and throughout the body.
6. There is only one stable isotope of sodium, 23Na.
7. Sodium is an abundant element. It is found in the sun and many other
stars. It is the 6th most abundant element on Earth,
8. Although it too reactive to occur in pure elemental form, it is found in
many minerals, including halite, cryolite, soda niter, zeolite,
amphibole, and sodalite.
9. Sodium is an abundant element that is essential for human nutrition
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3. Chlorine has a melting point of -100.98C, boiling point of -34.6C,
density of 3.214 g/l,
with a valence of 1, 3, 5, or 7.
4.
Chlorine is a member of the halogen group of elements and directly
combines with almost all of the other elements.
1. Sodium Chloride is known as salt or table salt with the formula, NaCl.
2. Salt is normally found in nature as a rock/solid and is called rock salt,
which we mine. Another place it is found in nature is in the sea,
3. Salt can be known by its mineral name as well, Halite.
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