This is a very abbreviated version of what the Element Project should look like.

Be sure that you use the subscript/superscript format where necessary and that the entire paper is in the SAME font.

SODIUM

Dr. Barbara Gage

CHM 1010

October 14, 2008


CHM 101 NAME___Dr. Barbara Gage______

FALL 2008

GAGE DUE DATE: Monday, November 3

PROJECT 1 PROPERTIES OF AN ELEMENT

You will write a report on the element listed below. For this element, you will provide information listed on the attached page plus additional information specified below in written form. The entire report must be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word ATTACHMENT to an e-mail. The file name must have the following format:

element name_your last name.doc.

Send the document to . The subject line must contain the element name and ccgp07. The file must be received by 10 PM on November 3 but you may certainly submit the report earlier. No project will be accepted late for any reason! The graded results will be returned electronically to the same e-mail address the report was sent from.

Element ____Sodium______

The project must contain in the order listed:

1) Cover sheet with element name or formula and your name

2) This page

3) All the data listed in the table on the attached page, in the table with proper units

You may use any sources (books, periodicals, Internet sites) you wish to collect the data but these sources must be properly cited and the references available in a bibliography (see #5). Each piece of data in the table must have the source number in parentheses that indicates its citation number.

This table must be typed with all formulas in proper format (subscripts/superscripts). A blank project page/table file is available at:

http://academic.pgcc.edu/~bgage/ElementProject084.doc

4) Narrative description of the uses, importance, biological significance (if any) historical information, and any additional interesting information for the element

This should be written in paragraph format with proper grammar and spelling. Outlines or lists will not be given credit. Information must be properly cited. Plagiarism will result in a zero grade for this project with no chance to earn the lost points through other means.

5) List of references or a bibliography, properly cited

Go to the following web site for required formatting:

http://academic.pgcc.edu/~bgage/citations.htm

Property
Atomic symbol / Na
Additional name(s)
atomic composition (most stable isotope)
Additional isotopes with nuclear composition and natural abundances (by %)
Molar mass / 22.98976928 g/mol (1)
State of matter at room temperature
Color and texture
Melting point from two different sources / 97.8 oC (2)
Boiling point from two different sources
Density from two different sources
Classification on the periodic table
Electron configuration
(full and noble gas configurations) / 1s22s22p63s1 (3)
[Ne]3s1 (3)
Atomic radius from different two sources
First ionization energy from two different sources
Common ions
(if appropriate)
Names and formulas of three compounds containing the element / sodium hydride NaH (4)
Other special properties


Sodium is an element essential for life and prevalent in our environment in rock and mineral samples. “Sodium comes from the English word "soda" and from mideval Latin sodanum which means headache remedy. Sodium comes from the English word "soda" and from mideval Latin sodanum which means headache remedy.” (5)

And so on…
References

1. Mark Winters. Sodium Essential Data, WebElements. http://www.webelements.com/sodium/ (accessed on October 13, 2008)

2. Sodium, Los Alamos National Laboratory Chemical Division http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/11.html (accessed on October 14, 2008)

3. Silberberg, Martin S. Principles of Chemistry, 1st ed, McGraw-Hill: New York, 2007; pp. 243.

4. Mark Winters. Sodium Compounds, WebElements. http://www.webelements.com/sodium/compounds.html (accessed October 14, 2008)

5. Kenneth Barbalace. Periodic Table of Elements - Sodium – Na. EnvironmentalChemistry.com. http://EnvironmentalChemistry.com/yogi/periodic/Na.html (AccessedOctober 14, 2008)