Question

State two pieces of qualitative information conveyed by symbol $\mathrm{Na}$

Answer 1

Qualitative information conveyed by symbol:

• The symbol Na represents that it is a sodium metal.
• Each element in the periodic table is associated with a mass number and the atomic number which is the most important quantitative information conveyed by a symbol,
• $\mathrm{Na}$ has the electronic configuration as 2,8,1 means the atomic number is 11 and atomic mass is 23.