Irene_SodiumCompounds

**Compounds with Sodium**
Sodium has a lot of compounds that are so used.It is in the alkali metals of group 1A in the periodical table.Their characteristc is to form very strong compuonds with the OH-ion.Sodium has an oxidation state of +1 so it combines with elements that have an oxidation state of -1.The most common and known compounds of sodium is the sodium chloride also known as table sault and its formula is NaCl.Another compounds is the sodium oxide that is the most abundant in the Earth's crust and sodium hydroxide,NaOH,which is the more used in the chemical industry.There are a lot of other compounds like fluorides,bromides,iodides,hydrides,oxides,sulfides and tellurides.