The Latin name of sodium is ____________
Sodium is derived from the Latin name Natrium.
The symbol of sodium is Na.
Hence, the Latin name of sodium is Natrium.
Answer the following questions related to salts and their preparations :
(a) What is a 'salt'?
(b) What kind of salt is prepared by precipitation?
(c) Name a salt prepared by a direct combination. Write an equation for the reaction that takes place in preparing the salt you have named.
(d) Name the procedure used to prepare a sodium salt such as sodium sulphate.
(a) Name the acid formed when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water.
(b) Name the gas released when sodium carbonate is added to a solution of sulphur dioxide.
(a) What is the difference between a mineral and an ore? (b) Which metal is extracted from cinnabar ore? (c) Name one ore of sodium. Name the sodium compound present in this ore and write its chemical formula. (d) How is sodium metal extracted? Explain with the help of the equation of the reaction involved. (e) Name three other metal s which are extracted in a manner similar to sodium.