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Sodium vs Phosphorus - What's the difference?

sodium | phosphorus |

As a noun 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.

As a proper noun phosphorus is

a name sometimes used for hesperus, the personification in greek mythology of the planet venus.

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

    Related terms

    * soda

    See also

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

    phosphorus

    English

    (wikipedia phosphorus)

    Noun

  • (chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.
  • (obsolete) any substance exhibiting phosphorescence; a phosphor

    • Usage notes

    * Do not confuse phosphorus' with ' phosphorous , which is an adjective.

    Derived terms

    * Baldwin's phosphorus * Bolognian phosphorus * Bononian phosphorus * Canton's phosphorus * diphosphorus * foss, phos, phoss * fossy, phossy * Hittorf's phosphorus * Homberg's phosphorus * mercurial phosphorus * Montalbano's phosphorus * phosph-, phospho- * phosphane * phosphonium * phosphorate * phosphorent * phosphoreous * phosphoresce * phosphoriferous * phosphorite * phosphoro- * phosphorolysis * * phosphorus bottle * phosphorus cachexia * phosphorus chloride * phosphorus liver * phosphorus match * phosphorus necrosis * phosphorus oxybromide * phosphorus oxychloride * phosphorus paste * phosphorus pentabromide * phosphorus pentachloride * phosphorus pentafluoride * phosphorus pentasulfide, phosphorus pentasulphide * phosphorus pentoxide * phosphorus poisoning * phosphorus sesquisulfide, phosphorus sesquisulphide * phosphorus tribromide * phosphorus trichloride * phosphorus trifluoride * phosphorus trihydride * phosphorus triiodide * phosphoryl * phossy jaw * black phosphorus * red phosphorus * violet phosphorus * white phosphorus * yellow phosphorus

    Related terms

    * phosphate * phosphatization * phosphatized * phosphatizing * phosphide * phosphine * phosphite * phosphor * phosphoreal, phosphorial * phosphoresce * phosphorescence * phosphorescent * phosphoretic * phosphorgummite * phosphoric * phosphorise, phosphorize * phosphorism * phosphorist * phosphorous * phosphor-roesslerite, * phosphoruria, phosphuria * Phosphorus * phosphure * phosphuret * phosphureted

    See also

    * ADP * AMP * ATP * bone-ash * smoking stool syndrome ----