sodium amalgam

noun

An alloy of sodium and mercury; used as a powerful reducing agent, and in certain types of sodium lamp.

Meanings

nounsodium amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural sodium amalgams)

plural sodium amalgams

  1. countableuncountablechemistryAn alloy of sodium and mercury; used as a powerful reducing agent, and in certain types of sodium lamp.
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