The metallic element found in ordinary table salt is sodium. Other ingredients in table salt include iodine which is a necessary mineral for the human body.
The formula for table salt is NaCl. This means that in this ionic compound, sodium ions and chlorine ions are bonded together in a one to one ratio. Sodium is the metallic element in this compound, whereas chloride is the nonmetal in the compound. Of course, sodium is only metallic in its elemental (not ionic) form.
This element is sodium (Na).
This element is sodium (Na).
Table salt (sodium chloride, NaCl) contain sodium and chlorine. Sodium is the metal.
This element is iodine, added as potassium iodide or potassium iodate.
iodineThis added element is iodine, as potassium iodate or potassium iodide.
Potasium
The chemical name for ordinary table salt is sodium chloride.
You grind a bit of wood off the table and mix it with ordinary salt, voila you have table salt!
Table salt is a compound - sodium chloride, NaCl - not an element.
Sodium.