Inorg .2 Flashcards
Sodium bisulfate
ANTIOXIDANT
Sodium fluoride
ANTICARIOGENIC AGENT (2%)
Sodium iodide
EXPECTORANT IODINE SOLUBILIZER
Sodium nitrite
VASODILATOR
ANTIDOTE FOR CYANIDE POISONING
FOOD PRESERVATIVE
Sodium sulfate (Decahydrate)
“Glauber’s salt”
CATHARTIC
Potassium
predominant intracellular cation
Involved in smooth muslce contaction
Negative inotropic effect on heart
Potassium chlorate
COMPONENT OF TOOTHPASTE, GARGLES AND MOUTHWASHES DUE TO ITS COOLING, CLEANING, AND DEODORANT REACTION
Sulfated potash
“Liver of Sulfur”
MIXTURE OF POTASSIUM POLYSULFIDE AND POTASSIUM THIOSULFATE
USED IN THE PREPARATION OF WHITE LOTION (LOTIO ALBA, LOTIO SULFURATA)
Cesium
Catalyst in the polymerization of resinforming materials
Discovered by Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchoff
Spectrum of mineral water
Cesium chloride
DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION FOR THE SEPARATION OF RESIN
Ammonium bromide
COMPONENT OF FIVE BROMIDES ELIXIR AND THREE BROMIDES ELIXIR
Basic copper acetate
“Verdigris”
USE AS PINK PIGMENT
Ammoniated silver nitrate
“Howe’s solution”
ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF TOLLEN’S REAGENT
Beryllium
Most toxic metal
Use in fluorescent lights
Toxicity: BERYlLIOSIS
MAGNESIUM TOXICITY
Hypermagnesemia
ANTIDOTE: CALCIUM GLUCONATE
Hydrated magnesium silicate
“Talc”
“Soapstone”
“French chalk”
SOFTEST MINERAL KNOWN
Calcium disodium versenate
MAY BE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF LEAD POISONING
BARIUM TOXICITY
Baritosis
ANTIDOTE: EPSOM SALT
Zinc oxide
Lassar’s Paste, Zinc White
Flower of Zinc, Lanaa Philosophica
Phompholyx
COMPONENT OF CALAMINE, LASAAR’S PLAIN ZINC PASTE, LASAAR’S ZINC PASTE WITH SALICYLIC ACID
Zinc peroxide
LIBERATES NASCENT OXYGEN
Zinc sulfide
White sulfide
MAJOR COMPONENT OF WHITE SULFIDE
THE ONLY WHITE SULFIDE