What is the chemical symbol for element sodium?
Correct answer: Na

Pimpao +
used thru in ancient times as currency due to is importance in human diet, for the Romans soldiers they used to be paid in salt ence word salarium~salary

Player #1137636
town01, Most of the symbols are derived from Latin.

GrandmaTanya
I am horrible at the tables but I used my double chance and got it right on the second guess

Shivam
sodium
latin name is "natrium"

Player #27821860
Latin naturium Natural. Sodium/naturium is ubiquitous.

reclusivesavyigloo
That is where the word salery comes from.

Cha Cha
Pimpao +, It was used to preserve food

Rockr79
Why in the world they named it sodium??? ,🤔🤔🤔🙄

xsv
The name "sodium" comes from caustic soda. Sir Humphry Davy isolated the element in 1807 after performing electrolysis on caustic soda.

Lash
GrandmaTanya, I was able to narrow it down to the correct answer by looking for part of nacl which is salt. I knew it was either na or cl. lol! I would've had real trouble if cl had been a choice!

SOS
GrandmaTanya, Me too; I used a majority opinion😁

Player #31009781
reclusivesavyigloo, perhaps you mean "salary"

Guillermo
easy peasy 😊

Laurie
wow, it wasn't discovered until 1807!

Player #28487949
B'coz of its latin name
NATRIUM

Player #27821860
The yellow in flames are from sodium.

chiazuh
highly reactive esp. with warm water