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Why Did Scientist Use The Symbol Na For Sodium?

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    Sodium's chemical symbol Na comes from the Latin word for sodium carbonate, natrium
    the name sodium comes from an English word for soda and from the Medieval Latin word sodanum, which means "headache remedy."
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    Simonc 

    answered 3 months ago

      It's from the Latin, Natrium
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      Madmacstew 

      answered 3 months ago

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