sodium cyanide
— Noun
– English
～ a white poisonous salt (NaCN) used in electroplating
sodium chloride
— Noun
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～ a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)
sodium benzoate
— Noun
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～ a white crystalline salt used as a food preservative and antiseptic
sodium dichromate
— Noun
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～ a red-orange salt used as a mordant
sodium nitrite
— Noun
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～ nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens
sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
— Noun
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～ a gummy substance that is a sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose; used as a thickening or emulsifying agent
sodium hypochlorite
— Noun
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～ an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant
sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate
— Noun
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～ a light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic
sodium hydride
— Noun
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～ a flammable grey crystalline binary compound (NaH)
sodium bicarbonate
— Noun
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～ a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid
sodium salicylate
— Noun
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～ a crystalline salt used as an analgesic and antipyretic
sodium
— Noun
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～ 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)
sodium chlorate
— Noun
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～ a colorless salt (NaClO3) used as a weed killer and an antiseptic
sodium carbonate
— Noun
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～ a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
sodium iodide
— Noun
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～ a crystalline salt used like potassium iodide
sodium phosphate
— Noun
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～ phosphate of sodium; used as a laxative to cleanse the bowels
sodium pyrophosphate
— Noun
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～ a sodium salt of pyrophosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents
sodium fluoride
— Noun
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～ a colorless crystalline salt of sodium (NaF) used in fluoridation of water and to prevent tooth decay
sodium hydrogen carbonate
— Noun
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～ a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid
sodium hydroxide
— Noun
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～ a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds