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Sodium is a
chemical element; it has symbol Na (from Neo-Latin natrium) and
atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white,
highly reactive metal. Sodium...
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Sodium bicarbonate (IUPAC name:
sodium hydrogencarbonate),
commonly known as
baking soda or
bicarbonate of soda, is a
chemical compound with the formula...
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Sodium hydroxide, also
known as lye and
caustic soda, is an
inorganic compound with the
formula NaOH. It is a
white solid ionic compound consisting of...
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Sodium carbonate (also
known as
washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the
inorganic compound with the
formula Na2CO3 and its
various hydrates. All...
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Sodium chloride /ˌsoʊdiəm ˈklɔːraɪd/,
commonly known as
edible salt, is an
ionic compound with the
chemical formula NaCl,
representing a 1:1
ratio of sodium...
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Sodium thiosulfate (
sodium thiosulphate) is an
inorganic compound with the
formula Na2S2O3·(H2O)(x).
Typically it is
available as the
white or colorless...
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Sodium hypochlorite is an
alkaline inorganic chemical compound with the
formula NaOCl (also
written as NaClO). It is
commonly known in a
dilute aqueous...
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Sodium benzoate also
known as
benzoate of soda is the
sodium salt of
benzoic acid,
widely used as a food
preservative (with an E
number of E211) and a...
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Sodium citrate may
refer to any of the
sodium salts of
citric acid (though most
commonly the third):
Monosodium citrate Disodium citrate Trisodium citrate...
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sodium-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses
sodium in an
excited state to
produce light at a
characteristic wavelength near 589 nm. Two varieties...