Sodium (Na+) does not occur by itself in nature. I'm sure you have seen the classic experiment (showing electron affinity) of man made sodium being dropped in water. In the atmosphere sodium is accompanyed by anions. When your body injests sodium cloride, an ion exchange occurs (Na is taken into the cell membrane while K is pumped out the opposite happens as well to form equilbrium). Sodium is never alone in your body, there is always a anion there to stabilize the cation.
Therefore, it is really incorrect to speak of sodium as a lone element found in food. Sodium demands company!
Well if you would like to eat elemental sodium be my guest. Flavor all your food with some, hell just go ahead and eat it strait, followed by a big glass of water.
It will even warm you up! See for yourself!
http://www.pc.chemie.uni-siegen.de/pci/versuche/ en glish/v44-1-1.html
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Sodium (Na+) does not occur by itself in nature. I'm sure you have seen the classic experiment (showing electron affinity) of man made sodium being dropped in water. In the atmosphere sodium is accompanyed by anions. When your body injests sodium cloride, an ion exchange occurs (Na is taken into the cell membrane while K is pumped out the opposite happens as well to form equilbrium). Sodium is never alone in your body, there is always a anion there to stabilize the cation.
Therefore, it is really incorrect to speak of sodium as a lone element found in food. Sodium demands company!
http://www.pc.chemie.uni-siegen.de/pci/versuche/en glish/v44-1-1.html
Well if you would like to eat elemental sodium be my guest. Flavor all your food with some, hell just go ahead and eat it strait, followed by a big glass of water.
/ en glish/v44-1-1.html
It will even warm you up! See for yourself!
http://www.pc.chemie.uni-siegen.de/pci/versuche
Why must people confuse sodium with salt? Sodium is an element while salt is a crystal compound.
Hubble didn't detect a atmosphere of salt!
This is a technology that is being developed experimentally everyday. Nanoparticles are not theoretical but actual physical products that can be created in the lab. For a nice spoof of slashdot with the latest nanotech info goto: www.nanodot.org