Sodium - Wikiparency

# Sodium ## 🧊 Sodium · 3D (three.js) <iframe src="https://wikitube-elements.netlify.app/?el=Na&embed=1" width="100%" height="620" frameborder="0" style="border:0;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden" allowfullscreen loading="lazy" title="The Elements 3D microsim - Sodium"></iframe> *Sodium in the live three.js Elements explorer — drag to orbit the atom, click any tile to compare, slide the temperature.* · [▶ open full](https://wikitube-elements.netlify.app/?el=Na)  !Sodium plate.svg *Plate 11 of 118 - animated Bohr shells, stylized per Madelung filling; engraving style per house Arcanity kit.* ## Microsim To Do *Claimable rows, house pattern. Real Wikipedia articles only.* - Sodium chloride - table salt and halite mineral chemistry - Chlor-alkali process - electrochemistry of brine solution electrolysis - Alkali metal - reactivity series and group 1 chemistry - Soap - sodium salts of fatty acids and detergent action - Natron - historical salt and ancient Egyptian preservation technology ## Links (Wikipedia order)  `Aaldert_Wapstra` · `Abundance_of_elements_in_Earth's_crust` · `Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements` · [[Actinium]] · `Action_potential` · `Adaptive_optics` · `Alcohol_(chemistry)` · `Aldol_reaction` · `Aldosterone` · `Alkali_metal` · `Alkalide` · `Alkaline_earth_metal` · `Alkene` · `Alkoxide` · `Alkyne` · [[Aluminium]] · [[Americium]] · `Amphibole` · `Angeli's_salt` · `Angiotensin` · `Anhydrous` · `Annalen_der_Physik` · [[Antimony]] · [[Argon]] · [[Arsenic]] · [[Astatine]] · `Atomic_number` · `Atomic_orbital` · `Atomic_radius` · `Bar_(unit)` · [[Barium]] · [[Berkelium]] · [[Beryllium]] · `Bicarbonate` · 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Chemical element, Z = 11.** Part of the Elements Canon (one canonical page per element). Infobox grounded in [Wikipedia: List of chemical elements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements), fetched 2026-07-08. Full article: [Wikipedia: Sodium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium).  ## Key facts (infobox) | | | |---|---| | Symbol - Z | Na - 11 | | Group - Period - Block | 1 - 3 - s-block | | Atomic weight (Da) | 22.990 | | Density (g/cm3) | 0.968 | | Melting - Boiling (K) | 370.87 - 1156 | | Electronegativity (Pauling) | 0.93 | | Crustal abundance (mg/kg) | 23600 | | Origin | primordial | | Phase (STP) | solid | | Name origin | English soda (Davy); symbol from Latin natrium | *Bracketed weights are the mass number of the most stable isotope; values in parentheses are predictions (per the source table).* ## Story Sodium was first isolated in 1807 by Sir Humphry Davy through the electrolysis of molten sodium hydroxide, a groundbreaking discovery that inaugurated the electrolytic isolation of elements. Davy named it from the English word "soda," though the element's Latin name *natrium* (symbol Na) derives from Egyptian origins related to natron, a naturally occurring salt used in mummification for thousands of years. Sodium's discovery marked the beginning of electrochemistry as a discipline. Sodium is a soft, highly reactive alkali metal that must be stored under mineral oil or inert atmosphere to prevent oxidation and reaction with moisture [model-prior - verify]. It is the sixth most abundant element in Earth's crust and the third most abundant element dissolved in seawater, after chlorine and hydrogen. The element's most important compound, sodium chloride (table salt), has shaped human civilization for millennia, serving not only as a dietary essential but as a means of food preservation, currency, and trade. Modern industrial chemistry revolves around the chlor-alkali process, which electrolyzes sodium chloride solution to produce chlorine gas, hydrogen gas, and sodium hydroxide—three crucial chemicals worth billions of dollars annually [model-prior - verify]. Sodium also appears in soaps, detergents, and as a heat-transfer medium in fast breeder nuclear reactors. In this corpus, sodium connects to the **mining and salt extraction narratives** that underpin chemistry and agriculture. Its role in the chlor-alkali process illustrates industrial chemistry's dependence on electrolysis and resource abundance. ## Corpus connections - R.E.A.C.T.I.O.N. - the Chemistry hub - Centers of Excellence Portal - [[Technetium|Technetium - the element made before found]] - the canon's patron - and Technitium, the School - External: [Chlor-alkali_process - en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlor-alkali_process) for industrial chemistry - External: [Natron - en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natron) and ancient salt uses - History of Mining in Minnesota - salt mining and electrolysis in industrial contexts ## Vocational-Technical Semiotics The element speaks the canon's shared signs: the periodic table cell (Na, group 1, period 3), isotope notation, and hazard pictograms ghs where handling demands it. ## Sources Infobox: [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements) (fetched 2026-07-08); etymology per the same table's notes. Story sources to be added at enrichment. ## Navigation - Canon: Elements Canon index - neighbors by Z: [[Neon|Neon (10)]] - [[Magnesium|Magnesium (12)]] - R.E.A.C.T.I.O.N. - Centers of Excellence ## Wikipedia : Wikitube **Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Sodium) ## Previous hub tags Tree parents: [[Helium]] · [[Hydrogen]] · [[Oxygen]]. Legacy hubs: none. --- *Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*