1. NaNa

2. Sodium NaNa 11 22.9898

3. Sodium Atomic # Atomic Symbol Atomic Mass # of protons # of electrons # of neutrons State of matter at Room Temp. 11 Na 22.9898 11 22.9898 rounds to 23. 23 – 11 = 12 Solid NaNa Sodium 11 22.9898

4. Loses one electron to be like Neon making it Na+ Sodium NaNa 11 22.9898

5. Sodium typically loses an electron or bonds with halogens and other elements that need one electron. Excited sodium gas is used in street lamps. One of the most common compounds involving sodium is NaCl, or salt. Sodium NaNa 11 22.9898

6. Salt (NaCl) is essential to human life. Early humans got their salt from the animals they killed. Once we switched to farming we needed to produce our own salt. Sodium NaNa 11 22.9898

7. Salt was once used for money and the word salary is derived from the word salt. Salt was used to preserve foods long before there was refrigeration. Sodium NaNa 11 22.9898

8. Like any necessity, salt production and distribution has been the cause of many conflicts. Sodium NaNa 11 22.9898 During the U.S. Civil War the Union worked to destroy the south’s salt production.

9. Like any necessity, salt production and distribution has been the cause of many conflicts. Sodium NaNa 11 22.9898 In India, Gandhi led his people on a march to the sea to protest British unfair salt taxes on his people. This was the beginning of his efforts to peacefully resist British rule.