About 40% of table salt (6)

I believe the answer is:

sodium

(Other definitions for sodium that I've seen before include "Silver white metallic chemical element" , "Atomic number 11" , "Element in table salt" , "Element in common salt" , "It occurs in sea water" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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