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| | Sodium - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Sodium floats in water, as well as decomposing it to release hydrogen gas and hydroxide ions. |
 | | A possible explanation for the abberant behavior of sodium is that this element has one free electron that is pushed closer to the other 10 electrons when placed under pressure forcing interaction that is not normally present. |
 | | Sodium chloride, better known as common salt, is the most common compound of sodium, but sodium occurs in many other minerals, such as amphibole, cryolite, halite, soda niter, zeolite, etc. Sodium compounds are important to the chemical, glass, metal, paper, petroleum, soap, and textile industries. |
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