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Sodium is highly reactive and never exists in free state. It is always found in the combined state.

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Q: Why is metallic sodium not found in nature?
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What form is Sodium found in nature?

Sodium is found as a soft solid metal in nature. It is not commonly found by itself, it reacts with things so violently that it is usually found as a compound with other items. Most commonly found is sodium chloride which is just salt. NaCl


What is sodium as a mineral?

Pure sodium is a soft metallic element. However, it is almost never found in this state in nature, since sodium is highly reactive. Sodium in usually found in salts of one sort or another, particularly sodium chloride, which is used as common table salt.


Is sodium ever found alone in nature?

Sodium is not found in nature as a pure element because it is very reactive.


How much of sodium is found in the nature?

if you look for sodium in nature you wont find any because sodium is artificially made


Which metallic element is found in table salt?

Table salt (sodium chloride, NaCl) contain sodium and chlorine. Sodium is the metal.


Can sodium be found uncombined in nature?

Sodium is very reactive and this is the cause for which there doesn't exist uncombined in nature.


Why neon chloride or metallic sodium exist in nature?

neon chloride does not exist because neon is inert


Alkali metals are extremely reactive and therefore are never found in?

Alkali metals are extremely reactive and therefore are never found in their metallic state - only in compounds. As an example sodium metal is never found in nature only as compounds like salt etc.


How does sodium occur?

Sodium is a very reactive metal. It doles not occur freely in nature. It is found in the form of its salts like sodium chloride, sodium bromide etc


Which element is only found in nature as a compound?

Sodium


Is gold metallic element are not solid?

Gold (Au) is a metallic element and is solid at room temperature and is found in its elemental form in nature.


Is sodium is found in nature in free state?

Sodium, being a reactive element In group 1, cannot be found as element in nature. One of its common compounds is rock salt.