sodium

Summary

sodium is a chemical element^[1]. sodium draws 2,906 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #21 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• sodium is credited with the discovery of Humphry Davy^[3].
• sodium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[4].
• sodium's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[5].
• sodium's instance of is recorded as active metal^[6].
• sodium carbonate is named after sodium^[7].
• headache is named after sodium^[8].
• sodium hydroxide is named after sodium^[9].
• natron is named after sodium^[10].
• sodium followed neon^[11].
• sodium is made of halite^[12].
• sodium is made of natron^[13].
• sodium is made of cryolite^[14].
• sodium is made of albite^[15].
• sodium is made of analcime^[16].
• sodium is made of chabazite-Na^[17].
• sodium is made of clinoptilolite-Na^[18].
• sodium is made of heulandite-Na^[19].
• sodium is made of natrolite^[20].
• sodium is made of phillipsite-Na^[21].
• sodium is made of stilbite-Na^[22].
• sodium is made of glaucophane^[23].
• sodium is made of riebeckite^[24].
• sodium is made of eckermannite^[25].
• sodium is made of arfvedsonite^[26].
• sodium is made of sea water^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[4], lithophile^[5], and active metal^[6]. Recorded subclass of include alkali metal^[28] and s-block^[29].

Origins

Things named after include sodium carbonate^[7], a type of chemical entity^[30]; headache^[8], a symptom type^[31]; sodium hydroxide^[9], a type of chemical entity^[32]; and natron^[10], a mineral species^[33].

Use and Application

Part of include period 3^[34], a period^[35]; group 1^[36], a group^[37]; and alkali metal^[38].

Influence

Things named for sodium include sodium layer^[39], an atmospheric layer^[40]; Durkin Opening^[41], an irregular chess opening^[42]; canasite^[43], a mineral species^[44]; Rapsodie^[45], a research reactor^[46], in France^[47]; natrophilite^[48], a mineral species^[49]; nabalamprophyllite^[50], a mineral species^[51]; nabesite^[52], a mineral species^[53]; and banalsite^[54], a mineral species^[55].

Why It Matters

sodium draws 2,906 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #21 of 144).^[2] sodium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[56] sodium is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[57]

Entities named for sodium include sodium layer^[39], an atmospheric layer^[40]; Durkin Opening^[41], an irregular chess opening^[42]; canasite^[43], a mineral species^[44]; Rapsodie^[45], a research reactor^[46], in France^[47]; natrophilite^[48], a mineral species^[49]; and nabalamprophyllite^[50], a mineral species^[51].