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sodium bromide

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble solid, NaBr, used chiefly in photography as a developer, and in medicine as a sedative.


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Last year, a nutritionist ended up hospitalized after taking ChatGPT’s advice to replace salt in his diet with sodium bromide.

From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026

To brominate wood pulp, Dr. Lewin simply adds sodium bromide, which is as stable as table salt, to the solution in a standard bleaching apparatus, then bubbles chlorine through it.

From Time Magazine Archive

The usual method is to condemn vigorously the use of potassium bromide, and substitute ammonium or sodium bromide for it.

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Isaac George Briggs

"Oh," he said, "yes, it contains sodium bromide, but not bromide of potash."

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

Almost needless to say, sodium bromide is at least as harmful as potassium bromide, and the advertisement is entirely for purposes of deception.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

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