sodium citrate

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.

Example Sentences

At a molecular level, sodium citrate and other emulsifiers rearranges the basic structure of the cheese, breaking down caseins into shorter strands that can efficiently hold onto water and fat molecules.

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Take a small centrifuge tube and half fill it with sodium citrate solution.

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These are the egg yolk-sodium citrate and whole or skimmilk extenders.

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Glycerol in various percentages in 2.9 percent sodium citrate dihydrate solution was placed in the sidearm of the Warburg flasks.

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Formurol, he states, is not a definite chemical compound, but a mixture of hexamethylenamin and sodium citrate.

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Sodium citrate likewise tends to prevent the formation of tough curds.

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