sodium

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 External links 1.4 See also 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

Chemical element
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[edit] Etymology

Coined by Humphry Davy in 1807, from soda.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• (RP) IPA: /ˈsəʊdɪəm/, SAMPA: /"s@UdI@m/
• (US) enPR: sōʹdē-əm, IPA: /ˈsoʊdiəm/, SAMPA: /"soUdi@m/

  Rhymes: -əʊdiəm

[edit] Noun

sodium (uncountable)

Wikipedia

1. A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature, and a chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.98977.

[edit] Synonyms

• natrium (rare)

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

• soda

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[edit] External links

For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/na.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author, who has spent a tremendous effort to get them encoded in Unicode)

[edit] See also

• amphibole
• borax
• Chile saltpeter, Chile saltpetre
• cryolite
• halite
• natron
• salt
• zeolite

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[edit] French

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɔ.djɔm/
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[edit] Noun

sodium m (usually uncountable)

1. sodium