The sodium fusion test, or Lassaigne's test, is used in elemental analysis for the qualitative determination of the presence of foreign elements, namely...

chloro-dioxins if the test material is a polychloroarene. An alternative wet test for halide is the sodium fusion test — this test converts organic material...

Bunsen burner or other heat source. This type of tube is used in the sodium fusion test. Ignition tubes are often difficult to clean due to the small bore...

reagent tests for the presence of ammonia Ninhydrin tests for ammonia or primary amines Phosphate tests test for phosphate The sodium fusion test tests for...

sulfate added to a solution of cyanide, such as the filtrate from the sodium fusion test, gives prussian blue. A solution of para-benzoquinone in DMSO reacts...

and the sodium fusion test is conducted to qualitatively analyse compounds. Sodium reacts with alcohols and gives alkoxides, and when sodium is dissolved...

1800 – 18 March 1859) was a French chemist. He is best known for the sodium fusion test named after him. Lassaigne was born in Paris. Initially he worked...

and Auger electron spectroscopy; and chemical methods such as the sodium fusion test and Schöniger oxidation. The analysis of results is performed by determining...

blister test. It was introduced by Berzelius in 1812. Since then other salts were used as fluxing agents, such as sodium carbonate or sodium fluoride...

catalyzing fusion of deuterium.[citation needed] It is also commonly used as a positron source in positron annihilation spectroscopy. Sodium-23 is an isotope...

Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye and caustic soda, is an inorganic compound with the formula NaOH. It is a white solid ionic compound consisting of...

The Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) is a 400 MW thermal, liquid sodium cooled, nuclear test reactor owned by the U.S. Department of Energy. It does not...

as a Class 2 incident by the ASN. 25 September 1998: A sodium fire occurred in a non-nuclear test facility, but caused no significant damage. 2 November...

cooled by liquid metals other than sodium—some early FBRs used mercury; other experimental reactors have used a sodium-potassium alloy. Both have the advantage...

was further developed in 1994 by Fusion Lighting of Rockville, Maryland, a spinoff of the Fusion UV division of Fusion Systems Corporation. Its origins...

H2O Or, the fusion of potassium hydroxide and chromium trioxide: 2 KOH + CrO3 → K2CrO4 + H2O In solution, the behavior of potassium and sodium dichromates...

(MSR), the sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR), the supercritical-water-cooled reactor (SCWR) and the very high-temperature reactor (VHTR). The sodium fast reactor...

cancer with a rearranged during transfection (RET) gene fusion, as detected by an FDA-approved test. people aged twelve years of age and older with advanced...

Alfa-class submarine, as well as some prototype reactors. Sodium-potassium alloy (NaK) is popular in test reactors due to its low melting point. Another proposed...

contamination of an area with radioisotopes. Nuclear warfare, both via fission and fusion weapons, creates radioisotopes in the form of fission products and neutron-activated...

cobalt-60 by fusion-generated neutron activation and this product is responsible for about half of the gamma dose measured at the test site in 2011....

generate radioactive sodium-24, which has a half life of 15 hours and a beta decay energy of 5.514 MeV. The activation of a number of test target elements...

was demonstrated in the Shutdown Heat Removal Test series at Experimental Breeder Reactor-II, a sodium fast reactor operated between 1964 and 1994 that...

secretion, and nig impulse transmission. For example, the sodium-potassium pump uses ATP to pump sodium ions out of the cell and potassium ions into the cell...

sea water are sodium-24, chlorine, magnesium, and bromine. For ground bursts, the elements of concern are aluminium-28, silicon-31, sodium-24, manganese-56...

a laxative), it is usually in combination with salts such as sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride and potassium chloride to help mitigate the possibility...

World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Fluorescein sodium, the sodium salt of fluorescein, is used extensively as a diagnostic tool in the...

Energy is an American privately held company that aims to commercialize fusion power through use of a sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch. The firm is based...

The alkali metals consist of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). Together with...

A sodium-cooled fast reactor is a fast neutron reactor cooled by liquid sodium. The initials SFR in particular refer to two Generation IV reactor proposals...