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Sodium vs Chloride - What's the difference?

sodium | chloride |

As nouns the difference between sodium and chloride

is that 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 while chloride is .

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 ----

    chloride

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia chloride)
  • (chemistry) any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical
  • Derived terms

    * aluminic chloride * aluminium chloride, aluminum chloride * ammonium chloride * ammonium ruthenium chloride * argentic chloride * argentous chloride * auric chloride * auro-chloride * barium chloride * benzalkonium chloride * benzenediazochloride * berkelium chloride * beryllium chloride * bichloride * bromine chloride * cadmium chloride * caesium chloride, cesium chloride * calcium chloride * carbonyl chloride * cerous chloride * chloride of lime * chloride of potash * chloride of soda * chlorider * chloridise, chloridize * chromic chloride * chromo-chloride * chromous chloride * cobalt chloride * cobaltous chloride * copper chloride * cupric chloride * cuprous chloride * curium chloride * cyanogen chloride * cyanuric chloride * dichloride * diethylaluminium chloride * dimercury chloride * dimethylvinylchloride * ferric chloride * ferrous chloride * gold chloride * hexachloride * hexadecachloride * hydrochloride * hydrogen chloride * indium chloride * iodo-chloride * iridio-chloride * iridious chloride * iron chloride * lead chloride * lithium chloride * magnesium chloride * manganese chloride * manganous chloride * mercuric chloride * mercurous chloride * methyl chloride * molybdenum chloride * monochloride * nickel chloride, nickelous chloride * niobium chloride * nitro blue tetrazolium chloride * osmic chloride * osmiochloride * osmious chloride * oxychloride * palladium chloride * pentachloride * perchloride * phosphoric chloride * phosphorous chloride * phosphorus chloride * phosphoryl chloride * platinammonium chloride * platinic chloride * platinichloride * platinochloride * platinoso-platinic chloride * platinous chloride * plumbic chloride * plumbous chloride * polyvinyl chloride * polyvinylidene chloride * potassio-platinic chloride * potassio-platinum chloride * potassium chloride * potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate * promethium chloride * protochloride * radium chloride * rhodio-chloride * rubidium chloride * scandium chloride * silver chloride * sodium chloride * stannic chloride * stannous chloride * strontium chloride * strontium chloride hexahydrate * subchloride * sulfonyl chloride * sulfuric chloride * sulfurous chloride, sulphurous chloride * sulfuryl chloride, sulphuryl chloride * tantalic chloride * tellurium chloride * tetrachloride * thallous chloride * thionyl chloride * thorium chloride * tin chloride * titanium chloride * trichloride * tungstic chloride * tungstous chloride * uranous chloride * uranyl chloride * vanadium chloride * vanadous chloride * vinyl chloride * vinylidene chloride * xenon chloride * yttrium anhydrous chloride * zinc chloride

    Synonyms

    * muriate (obsolete )