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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.) A common metallic element of the alkali group in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity 0.97. {Sodium amalgam}, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise. {Sodium bicarbonate}, a white crystalline substance, {HNaCO3}, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and also produced artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also {cooking soda}, {saleratus}, and technically, {acid sodium carbonate}, {primary sodium carbonate}, {sodium dicarbonate}, etc {Sodium carbonate}, a white crystalline substance, {Na2CO3.10H2O}, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in large quantities from common salt. It is used in making soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many chemical industries. Called also {sal soda}, {washing soda}, or {soda}. Cf {Sodium bicarbonate}, above and {Trona}. {Sodium chloride}, common, or table, salt, {NaCl}. {Sodium hydroxide}, a white opaque brittle solid, {NaOH}, having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc Called also {sodium hydrate}, and {caustic soda}. By extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, a. [L. ternarius, fr terni. See {Tern}, a.] 1. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three as the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration. 2. (Chem.) Containing, or consisting of three different parts as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus sodic hydroxide, {NaOH}, is a ternary compound. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caustic \Caus"tic\, Caustical \Caus"tic*al\, a. [L. caustucs Ge ?, fr ? to burn. Cf {Calm}, {Ink}.] 1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action burning; corrosive; searing. 2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as a caustic remark. {Caustic curve} (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane. {Caustic lime}. See under {Lime}. {Caustic potash}, {Caustic soda} (Chem.), the solid hydroxides potash, {KOH}, and soda, {NaOH}, or solutions of the same {Caustic silver}, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic. {Caustic surface} (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction. Syn: Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
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