Difference between revisions of "Sodium"
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- few sodium rich non water soluble compounds (analog to the high water solubility of nitrides on the complementary oxoacid side)
- use of sodium to make insoluble compounds soluble (in mining)
Misc
- Chemical gardens: [1]
Adding metal salts to an aqueous solution of sodium silicate (otherwise known as waterglass) or potassium silicate.
In a double displacement reaction the newly formed metal silicate falls out while the newly formed sodium salt becomes even more suluble and thus stays in solution.
