Monday, February 4, 2013

Sodium

Sodium chloride, commonly found on your kitchen table and more often referred to as “salt” contains an element necessary for life- sodium.  Sodium, isolated by Sir Humphry Davy in 1807, is a silver-white metal that is very important in our daily lives.  Sodium is soft, light, malleable, and metallic.

Sodium comes from the Latin root word "soda".  It is not found alone in nature due to its reactivity but is the 6th most abundant element in earth’s crust.  It is found in the sun, stars, solar spectrum, and sea water. The most beautiful fish in the world survive on SALT water.  Salt that contain SODIUM!

For all you girls out there, or men with thining hair, sea salt spray is excellent for giving your hair a luscious texture.  And when you have a painful, blistering canker sore, the best thing to do is swish some salt water in your mouth to ease the pain and regain your health.  THANK YOU SODIUM!
Sodium also plays a major role in the human body.  It carries electrolytes, helps with fluid distribution, and regulates blood pressure.  Not only is it vital for humans, it also transfers nutrients and removes waste from cells in dogs.  And you love your dog, don't you?
It makes life easier for us by preserving food and acting as an antacid after you’ve finished your Chinese take-out. 
In addition to it being a necessity, sodium is a luxury.  In a compound, it melts ice so the act of walking to your car isn’t life threatening. 
But most importantly, sodium makes food taste better!  How could you survive without your precious salty Ramen Noodles?  Could you survive without sodium? ..Na..

23 comments:

Team Oxygen/ RAD said...

How did people discover that the sun contains sodium?

Sarah Purawic said...
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Sarah Purawic said...

The sun's sodium lines can be seen with a spectographic analysis. The sodium layer was discovered by Vesto Slipher in 1929.

Kristen S., Felisia G., and Josh T. said...

How can it help regulate blood pressure if salt is bad for your heart?

Sarah Purawic said...

Anything is bad for you if not taken in moderation. A balance of salt and water is needed to maintain a healthy kidney which helps regulate the volume of blood and therefore, affects blood pressure.

Unknown said...

Ramen noodles have an excessive amount of sodium , so you say to take in moderation yet your telling us we wouldnt have ramen noodles...bit confused ?


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Sarah Purawic said...

You can eat Ramen noodles in moderation. No one is shoving an execessive amount into your mouth.

Unknown said...
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Sarah Purawic said...

I did not say "sodium is salt". I said that salt contains sodium. Yes, chlorine is needed to create salt, but sodium is also needed. And salt is NaCl.. not NaCl2. They have equally important roles in the creation of salt.

Unknown said...

do you know what table salt is? it is NaCl ! Salt isnt salt without one chlorine.

Unknown said...

But you did talk a lot about salt oin your post

Sarah Purawic said...

Yes because SODIUM IS IN SALT. So yes, it was mentioned. But there are also many benefits of keeping sodium on the periodic table. If you read the entire post like an educated person, you would know that.

Sarah Purawic said...

Also, please use correct grammar, capitalizition, and punctuation.

Unknown said...

The most beautiful fish in the world survive on SALT water. Salt that contain SODIUM!

*The most beautiful fish in the world survives on salt water. Salt contains sodium!*

We also find it offensive that you did not capitalize the "e" on Earth, we love our Earth. You should have also put "the" infront of *the* Earth.

Sarah Purawic said...

I don't "love" EARTH because it contains many useless elements such as sulfur. And my capitalization of entire words is optional yet acceptable grammar.

Sarah Purawic said...
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Sarah Purawic said...

And fish is plural, so "survive" would be correct in that situation.

Unknown said...

how does sodium transfer nutrients and removes waste from cells in dogs?

Unknown said...

What else is sodium used for when it is alone? it seems like it is always combined with another element.

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Sarah Purawic said...

Sodium takes part in an active transport, which means energy is needed. The energy it uses comes from the hydrolosis of ATP. It involved sodium and potassium. It moves towards equilibrium state with the relative concentrations of sodium and potassium.

Unknown said...

Great Blog and information!

Sarah Purawic said...

Thank you ! <33 xoxo

Unknown said...

Sir Humphry Davy isolated our element too, we were interested by this fact