Question

what is the lusture of sodium

Answer 1

lusture?

Answer 2

you mean lustre, or wut>

Answer 3

Luster, as in, is Sodium shiny? No, not really. It looks like a dull grey substance.

Answer 4

Freshly exposed, sodium has a bright, silvery luster that rapidly tarnishes, forming a white coating of sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate.
inside is the pure Na and outside is oxide layer You can differentiate the color here

Answer 5

I've never seen fresh sodium then. Damn, I lived an empty life.

Answer 6

Wait, I wouldn't call that "Bright silvery" that's just dull grey. It's my opinion, I was just describing from personal experience to begin with pffft. Whatever.

Answer 7

the pic is not so high resolution dude :) the silvery and grey always look the same :)