different between cryolite vs sodium

English

Etymology

cryo- +? -lite

Noun

cryolite (countable and uncountable, plural cryolites)

1. (mineralogy) The mineral sodium aluminium fluoride (Na₃AlF₆).

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Cryolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “cryolite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• Creolity, creolity

English

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from soda +? -ium, "soda" being from Italian soda, which may be from Arabic ???????? (suww?d, “saltwort”) or Arabic ??????????? (suwayd??, “Suaeda”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??.d??m/
• (US) enPR: s??d?-?m, IPA^(key): /?so?.di.?m/
• Rhymes: -??di?m

Noun

sodium (usually uncountable, plural sodiums)

2. The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.98977. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

Synonyms

• natrium (rare)

Derived terms

Related terms

• soda

Translations

References

• Sodium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

See also

• amphibole
• borax
• Chile saltpeter, Chile saltpetre
• cryolite
• halite
• natron
• salt
• zeolite

Anagrams

• modius, odiums

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.dj?m/

Noun

sodium m (uncountable)

1. sodium

Derived terms

• hydroxyde de sodium

Further reading

• “sodium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).