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Sodium and kitchen salt are not the same thing. https://youtu.be/CArZeDTwVh4?si=tdVHOPO-8QZhxrkS https://youtu.be/CArZeDTwVh4?si=tdVHOPO-8QZhxrkS

• jillesvangurp 3y ago
  Sodium would be the Na part of Na Cl.
  • bc_programming 3y ago
    Right, but water not being readily burnt is not evidence that hydrogen is inert.
  • Kalium 3y ago
    Yes. You are correct. Thankfully kitchen sodium is in compound form, and thus not likely to react violently with water. In this context, the properties of pure metallic sodium are relevant because it would need to be handled in manufacturing. Kitchen salt is more commonly mined or extracted, requiring minimal to no handling of pure metallic sodium. I hope this helps clarify any misunderstandings.
  • Chabsff 3y ago
    And both of them contain a bunch of protons, yet neither, nor their combination, behave like loose protons (aka Hydrogen).
  • stronglikedan 3y ago
    But the Na has lost its electron to the Cl, so not the same thing.
• askvictor 3y ago
  Whoosh