Sunday, August 09, 2009

Sodium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sodium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sodium is an essential element for all animal life and for some plant species. In animals, sodium ions are used in opposition to potassium ions, to allow the organism to build up an electrostatic charge on cell membranes, and thus allow transmission of nerve impulses when the charge is allowed to dissipate by a moving wave of voltage change.

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