The use of Sodium dates back to the ancient times. Sodium comes from the English word Soda. “Headache remedy” is its Latin translation. Seawater is where salt comes from. In Egypt, Sodium Carbonate commonly named soda was found in ashes of wood. With this soda ash, later called Natron, the Egyptians preserved bodies with this compound. However, Egyptians used salt as beauty products. In 1807, Sir Humphry Davy first separated Sodium from caustic soda. He used a procedure called electrolysis where one sends electric pulses to split the chemical compound. He used this procedure previously to isolate potassium. Electrolysis is still used to today for isolating Sodium.
