Compounds Gases Liquids Mixtures Solids Sodium is used to make glass. You know that silicon makes up most of glass, but in the process of making glass, sodium is often used. The next time you write on a piece of paper, you should know that sodium is used to make that paper. Paper is originally from trees, but before it gets to you, a lot of chemicals are used to make it ready.
Sodium is one of the elements used.
When you look on your table at dinner, look for the salt shaker. Sodium and chlorine combine to make salt. If you look at the salt very closely, you can see that they make little crystals. Those crystals look like little squares, that's because of sodium. When your parents send their pictures away to be developed, the company uses different liquids to make the photos appear.