Sodium (BCC)

Sodium (BCC)

allotrope
Na

The body-centred cubic form of sodium — its stable room-temperature structure

← Allotrope of Sodium

Drop a piece of this silvery metal in water and it skitters across the surface in a burst of flame.

A crystalline allotrope of Sodium (space group Im-3m), sourced from the Crystallography Open Database (COD 9008544).

Material

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Frame

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Crystallography

Catalogue identitySodium — Im-3m
FormulaNa
Crystal systemcubic
Space groupIm-3m
Lattice (a, b, c) Å4.225, 4.225, 4.225
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 90, 90
Density (g/cm³)1.012

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)

Allotropes