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Compare two chemical elements side by side across 19 atomic and physical properties.

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Property Na Sodium Ar Argon
Atomic Number 11 lower 18 lower
Symbol Na different Ar different
Name Sodium different Argon different
Atomic Mass 22.9898 lower 39.9 lower
Category Alkali Metals different Noble Gases different
Period 3 same value 3 same value
Group 1 lower 18 lower
Block s-Block different p-Block different
Standard State Solid different Gas different
Electronegativity 0.93 no data — no data
Atomic Radius 227 higher 188 higher
Ionization Energy 5.139 lower 15.76 lower
Electron Affinity 0.548 no data — no data
Oxidation States +1 different 0 different
Melting Point 370.95 K (97.8 °C) higher 83.8 K (-189.35 °C) higher
Boiling Point 1156 K (882.85 °C) higher 87.3 K (-185.85 °C) higher
Density 0.97 higher 0.0018 higher
Electron Configuration [Ne]3s1 different [Ne]3s2 3p6 different
Year Discovered 1807 different 1894 different

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