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Also Known As natrium • Na

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Periodic table showing sodium
Sir Humphry Davy
sodium-vapour lamp bulb
sodium chloride
sodium bicarbonate
evaporator
first ionization energies of the elements
hydration of a sodium ion
ionic bond: sodium chloride, or table salt
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Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
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Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
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Rudolf Fittig
German chemist

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