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Magnesium vs Sodium - What's the difference?

magnesium | sodium |

As nouns the difference between magnesium and sodium

is that magnesium is magnesium while sodium is a soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature, and a chemical element (symbol na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 2298977.

magnesium

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia magnesium)
  • A light, flammable, silvery metal, and a chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12.
  • * 1999 , Chapter 1 "Barrens"
  • The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness.

    Derived terms

    * calcium magnesium carbonate * calcium magnesium silicate * magnesic * * * * magnesium aluminate * magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide * magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate * magnesium carbonate * magnesium chlorate * magnesium chloride * magnesium chlorite * magnesium citrate * magnesium diboride * magnesium fluoride * magnesium gallate * magnesium hydroxide * magnesium lamp * magnesium laureth sulfate, magnesium laureth sulphate * magnesium light * magnesium mica * magnesium nitrate * magnesium nitride * magnesium oxide * magnesium perchlorate * magnesium peroxide * magnesium ribbon * magnesium silicate * magnesium stearate * magnesium sulfate, magnesium sulphate * magnesium sulfide, magnesium sulphide * magnesium wire * manganoso-magnesium alum * potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate

    See also

    * artinite * Birmabright * bischofite * brucite * carnallite * deweylite * epsomite * gymnite * kieserite * lansfordite * nesquehonite * nigari * olivine * sellaite * talc

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    sodium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia sodium)
  • A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature, and a chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.98977.
  • Synonyms

    * natrium (rare)

    Derived terms

    * disodium * hydrogen sodium arsenate * monosodium * Pentothal sodium * sodian * sodic * sodio- * * sodium aluminium fluoride, sodium aluminum fluoride * sodium amalgam * sodium Amytal * sodium antimonate * sodium arsenate * sodium arsenide * sodium aurate * sodium benzoate * sodium bicarbonate * sodium bisulfite, sodium bisulphite * sodium borohydride * sodium bromate * sodium bromide * sodium carbide * sodium carbonate * sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate * sodium chlorate * sodium chloride * sodium chlorite * sodium chromate * sodium-cooled * sodium dithiophosphate * sodium monofluorophosphate * sodium fluoride * sodium hexafluoroantimonate * sodium hexametaphosphate * sodium hydride * sodium hydrogen carbonate * sodium hydrogen sulfite, sodium hydrogen sulphite * sodium hydroxide * sodium iodide * sodium lamp * sodium manganate * sodium metaphosphate * sodium nitrate * sodium orthophosphate * sodium oxide * sodium Pentothal * sodium perborate * sodium peroxide * sodium perxenate * sodium phosphate * sodium phosphomolybdate * sodium plumbate * sodium polysulfide, sodium polysulphide * sodium pump * sodium pyrophosphate * sodium selenide * sodium selenite * sodium soap * sodium stannate * sodium sulfate, sodium sulphate * sodium sulfide, sodium sulphide * sodium terbium borate * sodium tetraborate decahydrate * sodium tetraborate pentahydrate * sodium thiosulfate, sodium thiosulphate * sodium trimetaphosphate * sodium tripolyphosphate * sodium tungstate * sodium vapor lamp, sodium vapour lamp * sodium zircofluoride * stannide of sodium * telluret of sodium * trisodium

    See also

    * amphibole * borax * Chile saltpeter, Chile saltpetre * cryolite * halite * natron * salt * zeolite ----