sodium arsenite

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noun Chemistry.

a white or grayish-white, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaAsO2, used chiefly in arsenical soaps for hides, as an insecticide, and as a weed-killer.

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Also called sodium meta-arsenite.

Words nearby sodium arsenite

sodio-, sodium, sodium amide, sodium ammonium phosphate, sodium amytal, sodium arsenite, sodium barbital, sodium benzoate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium bisulfate, sodium borate

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For example, Kuwait recently put a limit the allowable amount of sodium in bread to lower blood pressure.
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For all intents and purposes, sodium thiopental is now unavailable in the United States.
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Sports drinksSugar and sodium are good things when it comes to sports drinks!
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But for more rigorous sweat sessions, the low-sodium drink does come up short in replenishing the salt your body loses.
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Other measurements on nutrition labels—calories, fat, sodium—are passive: They simply state how much is in the food.
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The metal is then removed, and washed successively with very dilute sodium hydroxid solution, alcohol, and ether.
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This fluid is then heated, adding crystals of sodium acetate until it becomes perfectly clear.
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Rarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).
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Glass rods and tubing of sodium glass: for stirring rods, urinary pipets, etc.
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Sodium and alcohol reduce common camphor to a mixture of d- and l-borneol.
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