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The sodium–potassium pump (sodium–potassium adenosine triphosphatase, also known as Na + /K +-ATPase, Na + /K + pump, or sodium–potassium ATPase) is an enzyme (an electrogenic transmembrane ATPase) found in the membrane of all animal cells. It performs several functions in cell physiology. The Na + /K +-ATPase enzyme is active (i.e. it ...
sodium chromate Na 2 CrO 4 is made yellow by the chromate ion CrO 2− 4. potassium dichromate K 2 Cr 2 O 7 is made red-orange by the dichromate ion Cr 2 O 2− 7. cobalt(II) nitrate hexahydrate Co(NO 3) 2 ·6H 2 O is made red by the chromophore of hydrated cobalt(II) [Co(H 2 O) 6] 2+. copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate CuSO 4 ·5H 2 O is made ...
[10]: 322 Ternary alkali metal halide oxides, such as Na 3 ClO, K 3 BrO (yellow), Na 4 Br 2 O, Na 4 I 2 O, and K 4 Br 2 O, are also known. [10]: 83 The polyhalides are rather unstable, although those of rubidium and caesium are greatly stabilised by the feeble polarising power of these extremely large cations. [10]: 835
Sodium has a huge driving force but almost no resting permeability. In this case, potassium carries about 20 times more current than sodium, and thus has 20 times more influence over E m than does sodium. However, consider another case—the peak of the action potential. Here, permeability to Na is high and K permeability is relatively low.
Potassium is the major cation (K +, a positive ion) inside animal cells, while sodium (Na +) is the major cation outside animal cells.The difference between the concentrations of these charged particles causes a difference in electric potential between the inside and outside of cells, known as the membrane potential.
Even with this proviso, the electrode potentials of lithium and sodium – and hence their positions in the electrochemical series – appear anomalous. The order of reactivity, as shown by the vigour of the reaction with water or the speed at which the metal surface tarnishes in air, appears to be Cs > K > Na > Li > alkaline earth metals,
NaK containing 40% to 90% potassium by mass is liquid at room temperature.The eutectic mixture consists of 77% potassium and 23% sodium by mass (NaK-77), and it is a liquid from −12.6 to 785 °C (9.3 to 1,445.0 °F), and has a density of 0.866 g/cm 3 at 21 °C (70 °F) and 0.855 g/cm 3 at 100 °C (212 °F), making it less dense than water. [3]
For example, the compound sodium chloride (NaCl) has a lattice energy of -786 kJ/mol with an electronegativity difference of 2.23 between sodium and chlorine. Meanwhile, the compound sodium iodide (NaI) has a lower lattice energy of -704 kJ/mol with a similarly lower electronegativity difference of 1.73 between sodium and iodine. [15] [16]