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Property Na Sodium H Hydrogen
Atomic Number 11 higher 1 higher
Symbol Na different H different
Name Sodium different Hydrogen different
Atomic Mass 22.9898 higher 1.008 higher
Category Alkali Metals different Reactive Nonmetals different
Period 3 higher 1 higher
Group 1 same value 1 same value
Block s-Block same value s-Block same value
Standard State Solid different Gas different
Electronegativity 0.93 lower 2.2 lower
Atomic Radius 227 higher 120 higher
Ionization Energy 5.139 lower 13.598 lower
Electron Affinity 0.548 lower 0.754 lower
Oxidation States +1 different +1, -1 different
Melting Point 370.95 K (97.8 °C) higher 13.81 K (-259.34 °C) higher
Boiling Point 1156 K (882.85 °C) higher 20.28 K (-252.87 °C) higher
Density 0.97 higher 0.0001 higher
Electron Configuration [Ne]3s1 different 1s1 different
Year Discovered 1807 different 1766 different

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