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What are sodium lithium and rubidium collectively known as?
Lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium are collectively known as the alkali metals.
What is soda ash for swimming pools?
the production of such chemicals as sodium bicarbonate, sodium sulfate, sodium chromate, sodium phosphate, sodium silicate, potassium chloride, potassium sulfate, sodium sulfite
What is the atomic letter for sodium and potassium?
Sodium - Na Potassium - K
What substances are transported by active transport?
Sodium Potassium
What three minerals control cellular fluid balance?
sodium and potassium
What elements affect blood pressure?
sodium and potassium
Why you use potassium instead of sodium in higher blood pressure?
Potassium is a mineral used to help lower blood pressure and moderate electrolytes in the body. Sodium is basically salt, and large quantities in the body creates high blood pressure. So, it is important to have sufficient potassium, or Vitamin K, and lower sodium or salt. Potassium is good. Too much for sodium is bad.
What blood test measures for sodium potassium and chlorides?
The chem panel or smac checks for eletrolytes like sodium, potassium, and chloride.
What increases blood levels of sodium and decreases blood levels of potassium?
mineralocorticoids
What are two important electrolytes found in blood plasma?
Two important electrolytes found in blood plasma are Na+ (sodium) and Cl- (chloride).
What is necessary for red blood cells?
calcium, potassium, sodium
What does blood test for potassium and sodium identify?
electrolyte imbalance
Why sodium and potassium will or will not react to form a bond with each other?
Potassium has a chloride mixture which makes it so sodium interacts easily with it to form the bond
What mineral helps offset some of the effects sodium has on blood pressure?
You need 4,700mg of Potassium
What Mineral can increase blood pressure?
magnesium, potassium, and calcium
What terms substances such as sodium and potassium that are normally found in blood?
Electrolytes
What are sodium lithium and rubidium collectively known as?
Lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium are collectively known as the alkali metals.
