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Sodium hydroxide is a key reagent in the process of making Methamphetamine and other illegal drugs. Contrary to popular media reports, it is not actually an "ingredient" in these drugs, but simply a strong base used to manipulate the pH at various points in a chemical synthesis.
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Sodium (NA) has the atomic number (the number of protons in a particular atom. Each proton has a single positive charge) 11. These eleven protons are equally offset by 11 negatively charged electrons (negative charge of one). To fill its valance shelf... sodium loses an electron. This gives it a charge of +1, making it an ion (atoms with positive or negative charges), more specifically, a cation (a positively charged ion). A synonym for Sodium is therefore, NA+.
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Sodium is available in tablet form, but supplements should only be taken under the supervision of a doctor. As mentioned earlier, most people already get far too much sodium in their diets.
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Sodium services a variety of industries in a number of different uses. The Chemical Industry uses it in sodium methylate, herbicides, dyes, nylons, rubber and fragrances. Pharmaceutical uses include vitamins and ibuprophen. In Metal Manufacture, sodium is used in tantalum, titanium, silicon and refining metallic lead and grain refining. Following is a list of many of those uses in various settings.
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Sodium has been shown to increase kidney calcium excretion. In the USA, over 90% of ingested sodium is excreted. It was shown that having 2.3 g of sodium a day excreted approximately 40 mg of calcium [31, 34]. Likewise, increased calcium causes natriuresis (increased excretion of sodium). Urinary sodium has been negatively correlated with changes in bone density in the hip of postmenopausal women. Decreasing sodium intake or doubling calcium intake was shown to reduce bone loss equivalently... [8].
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Sodium is used in the production of titanium, sodamide, sodium cyanide, sodium peroxide, and sodium hydride. Liquid sodium has been used as a coolant for nuclear reactors. Sodium vapor is used in streetlights and produces a brilliant yellow light.
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