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What is sodiums used for?

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  • Antibiotic
  • As a desiccant (NaK)
  • Engine cooling for high performance valves
  • It is vital in metabolism for C4 type plants
  • Maintaining bodily fluid volume in animals
  • Maintains electrical potential in animal tissue
  • Metal descaling (surface smoothing)
  • Metal refining
  • Nuclear reactor cooling
  • Preserves food (pickling, and curing/drying)
  • Purification of molten metals
  • Reducing agent
  • Refining processes for zirconium and potassium
  • Seasons food
  • Sodium vapor lamps
  • The sodium fusion tests
  • Treatment for dehydration and diarrhea
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Sodium chloride is important for animal nutrition. Sodium compounds are used in the glass, soap, paper, textile, chemical, petroleum, and metal industries. Metallic sodium is used in manufacturing of sodium peroxide, sodium cyanide, sodamide, and sodium hydride. Sodium is used in preparing tetraethyl lead. It is used in the reduction of organic esters and preparation of organic compounds. Sodium metal may be used to improve the structure of some alloys, to descale metal, and to purify molten metals. Sodium, as well as NaK, an alloy of sodium with potassium, are important heat transfer agents.

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it is ued in salt

no it is used in plants to maintain there growth and keep them alive

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