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Have you had a muscle cramp anytime? If you have had one, you will understand that it is very painful. The cause of the cramp might have had to do with a lack of sodium in your body. Most sports drinks, food stuff, common salt, has sodium which is essential to proper muscle and nerve functioning. So, sodium is good, right?
Sodium in excess can be very harmful. Although the exact amount that constitutes an excess is mired in controversy, folks with high blood pressure, kidney problems are advised to cut down on their intake of sodium.
Sir Humphrey Davy first discovered Sodium around the year 1807. It is soft metal that can be cut and molded easily. Sodium burns in air with a brilliant, yellow flame. Upon contact with water, Sodium reacts violently to form sodium hydroxide and hydrogen. The heat of the reaction can sometimes cause the hydrogen to catch fire.
So, is sodium toxic? No if it as a trace element in the food, or as a part of a compound like the salt that we eat. Can you make a ring out the metal sodium and wear it to parties? Definitely not, unless you plan to burn your finger and everything around you.
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Is sodium benzoate toxic?
Sodium benzoate is a non toxic compound.
What is a toxic gas?
Gases which are harmful or hazardous to living beings are called toxic gasses. Toxic gases include hydrazine, methylcynate, carbon monooxide, etc.
How chlorine is hazardous?
It is extremely toxic. A small amount can cause a very painful death.
What is a hazardous compound?
A hazardous compound is a material that is able to cause injury to a person or to property through a toxic effect, through corrosion, flammability, explosivity or other means.
Is sodium hydroxide hazardous?
it highly depends on the concentration as well as time of exposure.. low concentrations for short period of time is fine.. never to be ingested at all. non-toxic, but can be highly corrosive. PS, anything can be dangerous at high amounts.. hyperoxia for example..
Is iron toxic or hazardous'?
no iron is not hazardous. your can be in a room full of iron and not die. however iron is toxic.
Is neon toxic or hazardous?
No. it is not
Write a sentence using the word hazardous wastes and toxic chemical?
there is hazardous wastes and toxic chemicals in the ocean
Is sodium benzoate toxic?
Sodium benzoate is a non toxic compound.
Why HPS lamps are not used in hazardous area?
Sodium is a Hazardous Material which can cause combustion when exposed to air hence Sodium Vapor lamps are not used in Hazardous areas.
Are hazardous materials hazardous substances and hazardous wastes all the same thing?
A Hazardous Waste is any material that is subject to the EPA's Hazardous Waste Manifest specified in 40CFR262. A Hazardous Substance - is any material listed as having Reportable Quantities Pursuant to Section 311 of the Clean Water Act (40CFR117.3) A Hazardous Material is any material or object that meets the any of the definitions of Hazard Classes in 49 CFR or that is listed in the Hazardous Materials Table at 49CFR172.101
Is aluminum oxide toxic?
Aluminium oxide (dialuminium trioxide, Al2O3) is not considered a toxic substance.
What are some hazardous information about caesium chloride?
Cesium chloride is not toxic.
Is gas a toxic?
Gases which are harmful or hazardous to living beings are called toxic gasses. Toxic gases include hydrazine, methylcynate, carbon monooxide, etc.
What is a toxic gas?
Gases which are harmful or hazardous to living beings are called toxic gasses. Toxic gases include hydrazine, methylcynate, carbon monooxide, etc.
What type of gas can be extremely toxic and is considered by the DOT to be a hazardous material?
my farts
Are printing cartridges hazardous to environment?
Yes they are. some are toxic to your health and to the environment.
