Watch the explosive reaction of sodium metal in water, captured in mesmerizing slow motion. See the intense chemistry unfold ...

A new type of fuel cell that runs on sodium metal could one day help clean up sectors where it’s difficult to replace fossil fuels, like rail, regional aviation, and short-distance shipping.

Fuel cells that react liquid sodium metal with air could be the power source required to give electric airplanes much longer ranges, a new paper has proposed. The idea has yet to leave the ...

Sodium metal will react with something in just about any environment it encounters on Earth. Here, a fresh cut shows how extensive its reactions with air are.

Rising Integration in Smart Grids and Energy Infrastructure Boosts Growth in the Sodium Metal MarketRockville , March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global sodium metal market is valued at US ...

An American study recently disclosed that we may eventually have an anode-free sodium-metal cell. Published by Nature last July 3, the research gave us the perspective of using a cheaper and much ...

Engineers developed a fuel cell that offers more than three times as much energy per pound compared to lithium-ion batteries. Powered by a reaction between sodium metal and air, the device could ...

It’s not every day that a 50-year-old technology that was long since passed over gets a new lease on life. Sodium-metal-halide batteries were first patented in the mid-1970s. The design showed ...

Elucidating the Irreversible Mechanism and Voltage Hysteresis in Conversion Reaction for High-Energy Sodium-Metal Sulfide Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials , 2017; 1602706 DOI: 10.1002/aenm ...

Sodium metal and water can make for an explosive combination. Grant Thompson, known as "The King of Random" on YouTube, teamed up with Cody from Cody's Lab for an in-depth video exploration of how ...

Sodium metal is soft, white and highly reactive. It's number 11 on the atomic chart, in group one, meaning it has one electron in its outer shell and its super easy to detonate.