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It is used in scientific contexts, particularly in chemistry and nutrition, to refer to the chemical element with the symbol Na.
Example: "Sodium is an essential mineral that helps regulate fluid balance in the body."
Alternatives: "Salt" or "Sodium chloride."
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sodium
noun
A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature, and a chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.98977.
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One of the most promising of Tanaka's studies involved a salty molecule called sodium acrylate.
Advocates representing the woman say her medication including sodium valproate, which is used to treat epilepsy, were confiscated on arrival and have not been replaced.
Did you see too much sodium?" said Conrad.
The new method, called expansion microscopy, involves first treating brain tissue with fluorescently-labelled antibodies that bind to specific cellular proteins, then infusing it with a solution containing sodium acrylate and several other chemicals that help the salt molecules cross-link with each other.
It is formed of alternating layers of aluminium oxide and sodium ions.
The researchers worked with sodium beta-alumina in its liquid form, which enabled them to spread it easily onto a surface in precisely the pattern required for a printed circuit.
They boil the cocoons in a solution of sodium carbonate to separate a protein called fibroin, which is the one they want, from another, called sericin, which they do not.
Polymer molecules are long, snakelike affairs, and if you pick the right ones, they will tangle together in a way that leaves gaps big enough for water molecules to pass, but not big enough for the sodium and chloride ions of which salt is composed.
And recent research has shown that white light provides better visual perception than yellowish-orange sodium light.
Unlike sodium lamps, LEDs turn on immediately, rather than taking minutes to warm up.
It also opposes further restrictions on the sodium content of meals.
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