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Description: Sodium
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* Sodium is also reffered as an alkali metal.
* The chemistry of sodium is dominated by the +1 ion Na+.
*Sodium salts impart a characteristic orange/yellow colour to flames and orange street lighting is orange because of the presence of sodium in the lamp.
*Soap is generally a sodium salt of fatty acids.
*Sodium would not normally be made in the laboratory as it is so readily available commercially.
