Facts About Sodium and Plutonium
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).
- Plutonium metal if obtain from ores of uranium metal.
- Plutonium metal is very sensitive to the change in atmospheric conditions like temperature and pressure.
Sources
By Electrolysis Process, Mining
Mining, Ores of metals
Who Discovered
Humphry Davy
Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan
Discovery
In 1807
In Between 1940 1941
Abundance In Meteorites
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Abundance In Earth's Crust