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| Sodium
is an alkali metal in group IA of the periodic table with atomic number
11, an atomic weight of 22.99, and a density of 0.97 Mg/m3.
Its melting point is 97.8 C, and it boils at 892 C.
The electronic configuration of Sodium is (Ne)(3s1). Its atomic radius is 0.190 nm and the (+1) ionic radius is 0.95 nm. In the solid state Sodium has a body-centered cubic crystal structure with a = 0.428 nm and a nearest neighbor distance of 0.371 nm. |
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