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Saline is nothing more than salt water. Salt is NaCl. Normal saline is a 0.9% solution of NaCl in H2O.

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What is the chemical compound of Normal Saline?

Sodium chloride


How do you prepar Normal saline?

How do we prepare a normal saline?


Is normal saline is hypertonic solution?

Yes this saline is a hypertonic solution but 3% saline is also not normal. There is nothing "normal" about it. There is only one "normal saline" and that is 0.9%.


Is normal saline hypotonic?

Normal Saline is an isotonic solution.


Formula and chemical name of normal salt?

The chemical name of normal salt is sodium chloride. Its chemical formula is NaCl.


Why only normal saline in Amnioinfusion?

normal saline composition is same as body fliud


Drug incompatibility of normal saline solution?

what catecholamine should not be mixed with normal saline


What is the difference between normal saline and physiological saline?

normal saline is 0.85%w/v NaCl whlist physiological saline is 0.90% w/v NaCl.


What best describes half-normal saline?

"Normal Saline" is 0.9% salt in water. This is also known as Isotonic Saline, and it contains the same percentage of salt as is normally found in the human body. The taste of tears are a good way of understanding Isotonic or Normal Saline.Half Normal Saline is 0.45% saline in water, and is called Hypotonic Saline. It is dangerous to give this in an IV unless prescribed by a physician after consulting laboratory tests on the patient. This is due to its osmolality.Formal Saline, or Formalin, is 10% salt in water. It is used to preserve lab specimens and in embalming bodies. Formalin is an extremely toxic chemical, and ordinary people should not come into contact with it.


How many drops in 1ml of normal saline?

There are approximately 20 drops in 1 ml of normal saline.


What is a bischofite?

A bischofite is a saline evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl2·6H2O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.


Is normal saline same as sodium chloride?

Yes, normal saline and sodium chloride are not exactly the same. Normal saline is a mixture of sodium chloride (salt) and water in specific concentrations (0.9% sodium chloride in water). So, normal saline contains sodium chloride, but it also includes water.