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Sodium   /sˈoʊdiəm/   Listen
Sodium

noun
1.
A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt).  Synonyms: atomic number 11, Na.



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"Sodium" Quotes from Famous Books



... proposed for lowering the freezing- point of the water in an acetylene-holder seal; common salt (sodium chloride), calcium chloride (not chloride of lime), alcohol (methylated spirit), and glycerin. A 10 per cent. solution of common salt has a specific gravity of 1.0734, and does not solidify above -6 ...
— Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use • F. H. Leeds and W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

... eighty-six. Sodium chloride four-fifths Earth normal." She looked up, surprised. ...
— An Empty Bottle • Mari Wolf

... of sodium and potassium, sulphate and phosphate of potash and soda, and some other mineral matters occurring in food—supply the blood, juice of flesh, and various animal juices, ...
— Cattle and Their Diseases • Robert Jennings

... textiles, meatpacking, beer brewing, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes, ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States

... The caustic alkalies; sodium hydroxide, NaOH, or potassium hydroxide KOH, have a most deleterious action on wool. Even when very dilute and used in the cold they act destructively, and leave the fibre with a harsh feel and very tender, they ...
— The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics • Franklin Beech


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