besides seasoning what is sodium used for????

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Answer 1

Sodium, is silver white soft waxy ductile element of the alkali metal group that occurs abundantly in nature in combined form and is very active chemically. It is also known as salt, a crystalline compound that is the chloride of sodium. Abundant in nature, and used especially for seasoning or preserving food, i.e. meat and fish. Was used in the early years when refrigeration was not available to keep meat and fish fresh. Example are salted cod fish . Because it is an element of the alkali family it is also found in sodium bicarbonate, used in baking powders, fire extinguishers, and medicine. It is also called baking soda, used in place of toothpaste many times. Sodium is also used in bleaching agents, for making soaps and photography. It can be used in as an oxidizing agent and weed killer. Sodium Chloride is the seasoning called salt. I gave you what sodium was but it is used for many many things. You need to do some research. I've given you a lot to think about.

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Answer 2

Well, salt is sodium chloride. That is used not just for seasoning, but for tenderizing and preseverving food. It is also used in making ice-cream to melt the ice to get the mixture cold faster. With that use in mind, you can use salt to help melt ice outside. You can also use it with water as a mouth rinse (if you have a sore throat or had a tooth pulled a day ago).

Baking powder is sodium bicarbonate.

Sodium itself is a chemical element. You would never use elemental sodium in cooking. That could cause physical harm and property damage. Sodium is an element that you do not want to heat or get wet.

Answer 3

I don't know what commercial uses there are for sodium, the chemical. I'm not a chemist. But I'm sure it's used in all sorts of things, like ammunition, gerbil food, and automobile tires.

Salt, on the other hand, happens to contain sodium. In that particular pairing (sodium ions with chloride ions), the crystals formed have a unique, very uniform structure, which qualifies as a "crystal". Mechanically, that allows salt to adhere very well to a surface, like a steak or a golf club.

Chemically, on a molecular level, the presence of salt (in foods) actually combines and augments flavors. The salt dissolves in water, very easily...and saliva is mostly water. The suspended salt actually acts as a conduit for flavors, which is to say, it carries the flavors very efficiently from the food to your tastebuds.

So, salt isn't so much a "seasoning" as it is a flavor enhancer.

Answer 4

Sodium... where to start...? A lot of people touched on some of these, so hopefully I won't repeat too much....
Sodium [Na+] is an ion that is essential for nerve function as it helps to transmit signals from one nerve cell to another. Sodium is also a substance that the body (kidney) uses to help regulate how much water we retain, and how much water is released in urine. Of course, NaCl (sodium chloride) is one kind of salt - the compound we come into contact with most commonly as our table salt. Sodium is also part of MonoSodiumGlutamate (MSG) which is a taste enhancer that stimulates taste buds and "tricks" us into thinking something tastes good. One person mentioned sodium hydroxide -which in its natural pure form is extremely expolsive/flammable. This is just a START to all the uses and forms of sodium that we see in a day's time.

Answer 5

First thing that comes to mind is it is used as a preservative.: will keep food for time... Second if you have an infection or problem in your mouth gargle with warm salt water ;it will help heal .....there may be others but those are two common uses I can think of...remember though sodium not as salt comes in other forms , as other combinations and has other uses

Answer 6

Sodium was also used as a preservative back when placing things in the cold was limited (Salted meats, fish) it kept the
meat a little longer but I can't say much for the taste

Answer 7

Sodium compounds are important to the paper, glass, soap, textile, petroleum chemical, and metal industries. Sodium hydroxide gets grease out of the drains, is needed for liquid soap, and is in yellow highway lights.

Answer 8

Okay, the chemical we know of as 'salt' is not 'sodium' it's 'sodium chloride' ... and it is not used only as a 'seasoning' but also as a 'preservative' and a 'drying agent' in many foods.

Answer 9

above has down to a t most soft drinks sweets food have some sort of sodium in them

Answer 10

Most notably, salt was used as a preservative for meat.

Salt pork, salt beef and other "salt junk" was the mainstay of a seaman's diet in the days of sailing ships.
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