If a mineral is opaque, lustrous, malleable, and can conduct heat and electricity, it is a(n) ________. A) element B) gemstone C
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The element with electron configuration 1s22s22p63s1 belong I A group in the periodic table and it is sodium because it loses one electron.
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Sodium is a chemical element with the symbol Na and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal. Sodium is an alkali metal, being in group 1 of the periodic table, because it has a single electron in its outer shell, which it readily donates, creating a positively charged ion—the Na+ cation. Its only stable isotope is 23Na.
The free metal does not occur in nature, and must be prepared from compounds.
It is soft metal, reactive and with a low melting point.
