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Electrolytes are minerals in your blood and other body fluids that carry an electric charge.
Electrolytes affect the amount of water in your body, the acidity of your blood (pH), your muscle function, and other important processes. You lose electrolytes when you sweat. You must replace them by drinking fluids.
Common electrolytes include:
- Calcium
- Chloride
- Magnesium
- Phosphorous
- Potassium
- Sodium
Electrolytes can be acids, bases, and salts.
They can be measured by laboratory studies of the blood in different ways. Each electrolyte can be ordered as a separate test, such as:
- Ionized calcium
- Serum calcium
- Serum chloride
- Serum magnesium
- Serum phosphorus
- Serum potassium
- Serum sodium
Note: Serum is the part of blood that doesn't contain cells.
Sodium, potassium, and chloride can also be ordered as part of an electrolyte panel or a basic metabolic panel.
The electrolytes - urine test measures electrolytes in urine. It usually measures the levels of calcium, chloride, potassium, or sodium.
Reviewed ByReview Date: 09/20/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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∙ 13y agoElectrolytes are minerals in your blood and other body fluids that carry an electric charge.
See also:
- Ionized calcium
- Ions
- Serum calcium
- Serum chloride
- Serum magnesium
- Serum phosphorus
- Serum sodium
- Sweat electrolytes
Serum chemistries
InformationIt is important to keep a balance of electrolytes in your body, because they affect the amount of water in your body, blood acidity (pH), muscle action, and other important processes. You lose electrolytes when you sweat, and you must replace them by drinking fluids.
Electrolytes exist in the blood as acids, bases, and salts (such as sodium, calcium, potassium, chlorine, magnesium, and bicarbonate). They can be measured by laboratory studies of the blood.
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Which substance is composed of ions electrolytes or non electrolytes?
These substances are the electrolytes.
Are all minerals electrolytes?
Most salt dissolve in water, then they're electrolytes by forming ions in solution.
what type of compounds produce electrolytes and which produce non-electrolytes?
Ionic compounds produce electrolytes; covalent compounds not.
What type of compounds typically form strong electrolytes?
Compounds which are not ionic are commonly not electrolytes. An ionic compound is a compound composed of a metal and a nonmetal, such as NaCl or AgI. Compounds with different compositions are not electrolytes.
What contains electrolytes?
drinks like Powerade and Gatorade have electrolytes in it
Which substance is composed of ions electrolytes or non electrolytes?
These substances are the electrolytes.
How strong are the electrolytes in lemons?
There are strong electrolytes and weak and non electrolytes. There is no very strong, or pretty strong, electrolytes. If they are strong, they are strong. So, in lemons, you have salts which are strong electrolytes, and you have citric acid, which is a weak electrolyte.
How many electrolytes have in musuloskeletal system?
There are 54 electrolytes.
Is ammonium hydroxide electrolytes?
yes, it is a weak electrolytes
Are all minerals electrolytes?
Most salt dissolve in water, then they're electrolytes by forming ions in solution.
what type of compounds produce electrolytes and which produce non-electrolytes?
Ionic compounds produce electrolytes; covalent compounds not.
How could you measure electrolytes in drinks?
You can measure electrolytes in drinks by first checking the temperature and then comparing it to the usage of electrolytes.
What solutes are electrolytes?
Strong electrolytes are totally dissociated in water.
Does semen have electrolytes?
Electrolytes are the solutions of salts, acids and bases and semen has numerous electrolytes. They include both acids and salts.
Are electrolytes acid or basic?
Some electrolytes are acidic and some are basic.
Strong electrolytes are those in which?
Strong electrolytes are totally dissociated in water.
Does propel have electrolytes?
Propel does have electrolytes. Some other sports drinks that have electrolytes are Cytomax, Accelerate, GU2O, Gatorade, as well as PowerBar Endurance.
