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Topic: Sodium

Related:
  Sodium Chloride    Low Sodium  
  Sodium Hydroxide    Sodium Bicarbonate  
  Sodium Phosphate    Sodium Hypochlorite  
  Sodium Carbonate    Low Sodium Low Protein Diet  
  Sodium Nitrate    Sodium Acetate  
  Element Name Sodium    Sodium Benzoate  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Personality:Nervous
Currently has on their coffee table:Food & Wine magazine
Favorite body part(s):Heart,  Lungs
Favorite food(s):Anything with salt,  Vegetarian,  Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
Interest(s):Chemistry
Likes to wear:Vinyl
Favorite drink(s):Milk,  Orange Juice,  Lemonade
Medical note(s):Uses laxatives,  Taking weight loss pills,  Undergoing therapy
Ultimate fantasy(s):Having severe anorexia
Worst habit(s):Taking Ecstasy
Favorite quote(s):"There is no sincerer love than the love of food." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
"How can men use sex to get what they want? Sex IS what they want." (Frasier Crane on FRASIER)
 
 
 Expert Talk
The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.


Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

Lignocell coir is low in sodium and chloride and every batch is tested to ensure that it meets our specification.
Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Like sodium and chloride, potassium deficiency can occur in animals that have chronic diarrhea and/or vomiting or other illness.
Intake of sodium should not be greater than 10 percent of potassium intake.
It is reasonable to consider that one could ingest too much potassium and too little sodium as well as too much or little of both.
Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

Sodium hypochlorite (laundry bleach) can be used to sterilize inert materials, but a solution of potassium metabisulfite in water is better to use before bottling.
The rigid diameter is ideally suited to allow a dehydrated potassium ion to bind but is too wide for a dehydrated sodium and too small for a hydrated sodium ion to enter.
Calciuric effects of protein and potassium bicarbonate but not sodium chloride or phosphate can be detected acutely in adult women and men.
Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator

Potassium works with sodium in all cells including at nerve synapses to maintain or restore membrane potentials and assist in metabolic processes.
Billie Kirgan,
Machinist

Electrolyzing molten sodium chloride produces chlorine gas at the anode and sodium metal at the cathode.
Although potassium citrate and sodium citrate have some effect on stones magnesium citrate has shown to be the most effective.
Sodium chloride impregnated absorbent dressing safely cleanses deep, draining and infected (yellow) wounds.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

The sodium ions in the solution and the hydroxyl ions produced at the cathode constitute the components of sodium hydroxide formed during the electrolysis of sodium chloride.
 
 
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