PROPERTIES

__**Properties of Sodium**__
 * Physical Properties of Sodium
 * Sodium is a soft, bright, silvery metal wich floats on water.
 * Sodium is soft and can be easily cut with a knife.
 * Sodium is never found free in nature.
 * Normally, Sodium does not ignite in air at temperatures below115°C.
 * Thirteen Isotopes of Sodium are recognied.
 * Sodium is a solid at room temperature.
 * When heated to 208 o F (87.81 o C), it melts into a thick liquid.
 * If you continue to heat it, Sodium will boil into a gas at 1,621 o F (882,9 o C).
 * **Melting Point:** 97.72 °C (370.87 K, 207.9 °F)
 * **Boiling Point:** 883 °C (1156 K, 1621 °F)
 * **Number of Protons/Electrons:** 11
 * **Number of Neutrons:** 12
 * **Crystal Structure:** Cubic
 * **Density @ 293 K:** 0.971 g/cm3
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Color:** silvery
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Chemical Properties of Sodium
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">combines easily with other  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">elements
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">when heated, it has a bright golden-yellow flame
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> reacts violently with water