1 Uses
1.1 Uses & Benefits
- It is used as a reducing agent while preparing metals like thorium and uranium. It is also used as an alloying agent for metals such as aluminum, copper & lead.
- Calcium carbonate or lime stone is used in cement.
- In some nuclear reactors sodium is used as a heat exchanger.
- Compound of Sodium metals called Salt (Sodium chloride) is used in Food.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry
Pharmaceutical Industry
1.1.3 Other Uses
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.3 In Blood
60.50 Blood/mg dm-31,970.00 Blood/mg dm-3
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1970
2.1.1 In Bone
170,000.00 p.p.m.10,000.00 p.p.m.
0
170000