sodium sulfate

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a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na2SO4, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, detergents, glass, and ceramic glazes.

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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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sodium sulfate

A white crystalline compound used as a mild natural laxative and in larger doses as a hydragogue cathartic.