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sodium

so·dium

UK/ˈsəʊ.di.əm/ US/ˈsəw.dɪj.əm/ fairly common

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)

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Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from soda + -ium.

Phrases

  • calcium sodium polyphosphate
  • divalproex sodium
  • docusate sodium
  • foscarnet sodium
  • glymidine sodium
  • hydrogen sodium arsenate
  • metam sodium
  • metham sodium

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