Sodium#11 Blast type

Sodium (Na) element facts for kids

Sodium is one of the two kinds of atom inside table salt — that is why salty food tastes salty. Cities also used lamps full of hot sodium gas, which glow orange. Bare sodium is kept in oil because water makes it pop.

Blastthe Salt Lamp

Battle stats

7 Toughness So soft you can cut it with a knife

+3 Power Explodes in water

2 Speed A very light atom

Real facts

1Half of table salt is sodium.
2Old streetlamps glowed orange from hot sodium vapor.
3Bare sodium is kept in oil because water makes it pop.

Moves

Water BurstHit

A clean hit.

Sodium is dying to dump a leftover bit, and water lets it do that so fast the leftover hydrogen catches fire.

Salt BondTeam

+2 if its partner is on your team.

Sodium grabs onto chlorine and the two atoms lock together as the same table salt you eat.

Orange LampSun

Hit now, plus 1 more for the next 2 rounds.

Hot sodium gas always glows that streetlight-orange, so this move is that light.

Battle type

BlastAlkali and alkaline-earth metals.

Type bonus: +1 power on every hit.

Beats×2

LifeReactive metals react violently with water, and living things are mostly water. Real science

Weak to×2

Noble gasInert gases can smother burning by keeping oxygen out. Real science

Real science: it happens, though not always. Game rule: keeps battles fair.

Alkali family: Squishy metals that fizz in water and love to give away one leftover bit.

Bond buddies

On the same team, these cards boost each other. They are buddies because the elements join up in real chemistry.

Real life: saltChlorine #017

Sodium quick facts

Sodium quick facts
Atomic number	11
Symbol	Na
Family	Alkali metal
Group (column)	1
Period (row)	3
State at room temperature	Solid
Discovered	1807, Humphry Davy (first isolated)

Interesting facts about sodium

Pure sodium is a soft, silvery metal you can cut with a knife.
It reacts so strongly with water that it is stored under oil.
Table salt is sodium chloride: sodium joined to chlorine.
Old yellow-orange street lamps glow from hot sodium vapor.

What are Sodium's moves, and the real science behind them?

Water Burst

In the game: Huge hit with recoil. The real science: Sodium is dying to dump a leftover bit, and water lets it do that so fast the leftover hydrogen catches fire.

Salt Bond

In the game: Team move: hits harder when Chlorine, its bond buddy, is on your team. The real science: Sodium grabs onto chlorine and the two atoms lock together as the same table salt you eat.

Orange Lamp

In the game: A blinding orange flash. The real science: Hot sodium gas always glows that streetlight-orange, so this move is that light.

What does Sodium bond with?

Sodium and Chlorine: together in real life they make salt

Where does Sodium fit among the nine types?

Sodium is Blast type. Blast is the type for the alkali and alkaline earth metals, the two reactive metal columns on the left that react hard with water. It hits Life cards for double damage and takes double damage from Noble gas. Read Elemon's nine types vs. the real element families for the full map.

Sodium in the game
Elemon type	Blast
Hearts	2
Strong against (×2)	Life
Weak to (×2)	Noble gas
Resists (×½)	none
Type power	+1 power on every hit.

Want sodium on the table? Its card is in the free printable first 20 element cards, and it is one of the first 20 elements most classes start with.