Sodium handling

Sodium test. Treat 1 ml. of the compound with a amall thin slice of freshly cut sodium (handle with the tonga or with a penknife) in a small, dry test-tube (75 X 10 mm. or 100 X 12 mm.). Observe whether hydrogen is evolved and the sodium reacts. (If the compound is suspected to contain water, dry it first with a little anhydrous calcium or magnesium sulphate.)... 

Potassium (metal). Properties and applications are similar to those for sodium but as the reactivity is greater than that of sodium, the hazards are greater than that of sodium. Handle with extreme care. 

Hall JE. Mechanisms of abnormal renal sodium handling in obesity hypertension. Am. J. Hypertens. 1997 10 S49-S55. 

Systemic vasodilatation, the severity of liver disease and portal pressure contribute to the abnormalities of sodium handling in cirrhosis. 

Bruun NE, Ibsen H, Skott P, Toftdahl D, Giese J, Holstein-Rathlou NH. Lithium clearance and renal tubular sodium handling during acute and long-term nifedipine treatment in essential hypertension. Clin Sci (Lond) 1988 75(6) 609-13. 

Responses of sodium balance, blood pressure, and other variables to sodium handling in Papua (view Guinea highlanders. Am. /. C( n. Hutr. 47, 502-508. 

Barbato A, Cappuccio FP, Folkerd EJ, Strazzullo P, Sampson B, Cook DG, Alberti KG. Metabolic syndrome and renal sodium handling in three ethnic groups living in England. Diabetologia. 2004 47 40-6. 

Strazzullo P, Barbato A Galletti F Barba G Siani A lacone R D Elia L Russo O Versiero M Farinaro E Cappuccio FP Abnormalities of renal sodium handling in the metabolic syndrome. Results of the Olivetti Heart Study J Hypertens. 2006 24 1633-1639. 

Koomans HA, BoerWH, Dorhout Mees EJ. Evaluation of lithium clearance asa marker of proximal tubule sodium handling. Kidney Int 1989 36 2-12. 

Gastrointestinal tract Autocrine/paracrine Regulation of bicarbonate secretion, gut motility, sodium handling, exocrine secretions... 

Manunta P, Cusi D, Barlassina C, et al. Alpha-adducin polymorphisms and renal sodium handling in essential hypertensive patients. Kidney Int 1998 53 1471-1478. 

Glorioso N, Manunta P, EiUgheddu F, et al. The role of alpha-adducin polymorphism in blood presstrre and sodium handling regulation may not be excluded by a negative association study. Hypertension 1999 34 649-654. 

Sodium, used as a heat transfer fluid, can most effectively remove heat from a fast breeder reactor. Development work on sodium handling at Argonne National Laboratory in 1945 led to the first turbine-electric power from nuclear energy in 1951. This paper presents the engineering mock-up of the experimental breeder reactor II and illustrates associated pumps, valves, and instrumentation. The past year s successful operation of the EBR-II mock-up has demonstrated that sodium technology is adequate for the job. Properly used, sodium may be the key to the problem of really using the elusive atom. 

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