sodium bromide
Americannoun
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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
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At the beginning of the disorder a teaspoonful of paregoric and twenty grains of sodium bromide are to be taken in water every three hours, by an adult, until three doses are swallowed.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
Bromine occurs almost entirely in the form of bromides, especially as sodium bromide and magnesium bromide, which are found in many salt springs and salt deposits.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
If a few grains of sodium bromide were to produce the same effect, they would be just as welcome.
From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo
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