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Facts About Sodium and Nobelium


Facts About Nobelium and Sodium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • At room temperature Sodium metal is very soft as it can be chopped down into pieces with butter knife.
  • The most common compound of Sodium is NaCl (Salt).
  
  • The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
  • No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
  

Sources
By Electrolysis Process, Mining   
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Humphry Davy   
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research   

Discovery
In 1807   
In 1966   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-3 %   
6
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.004 %   
6
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.55 %   
6
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
2.30 %   
5
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
1.10 %   
1
Not Available   

Abundance In Humans
0.14 %   
3
Not Available   

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