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 Water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Water (in its pure form) is a tasteless, odorless substance that is essential to all known forms of life and is known also as the universal solvent.
In biological cells and organelles, water is in contact with membrane and protein surfaces that are hydrophilic, that is, surfaces that have a strong attraction to water.
Water is lost from the body in urine and feces, through sweating, and by exhalation of water vapor in the breath.
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 Water - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Water (from the Old English word wæter; c.f German "Wasser", from PIE *wod-or, "water") is a tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless (it has a slight hint of blue) substance in its pure form that is essential to all known forms of life and is known also as the most universal solvent.
Water is a very good solvent, chemically not unlike ammonia, and dissolves many types of substances, such as various salts and sugar, and facilitates their chemical interaction, which aids complex metabolisms.
Polluting water may be the biggest single misuse of water; to the extent that a pollutant limits other uses of the water, it becomes a waste of the resource, regardless of benefits to the pollutor.
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 Water Therapy Encyclopedia Articles @ NaturalResearch.org (Natural Research)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Water therapy is the use of water to improve health.
According to alternative medicine advocates, one form of water therapy is the consuming of a gutful of water upon waking in order to "cleanse the bowel".
While ingesting about a litre and a half of water is usually harmless, this is approaching the level which can lead to water intoxication, an urgent and dangerous medical condition.
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 Articles - Water intoxication   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Water intoxication (also known as hyperhydration or water poisoning) is a potentially fatal medical condition in which an individual´s intake of water exceeds a safe amount.
Drinking excess water in the absence of dietary sodium results in hyponatremia, an overdilution of sodium in the blood plasma, which in turn causes an osmotic shift of water from the blood plasma into brain cells.
Hyponatremia may occur in the absence of elevated water intake; for instance in conditions such as diarrhea where sodium is flushed excessively from the body and the person does not drink anything.
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 All About Water   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Water formed the primordial broth that produced all life on Earth, and it still accounts for most of the bulk of all living things.
Water is essential to every one of the millions of chemical processes that maintain our bodies, from digestion and respiration to muscle activity, reproduction, and mental processes.
Water is not only in every bite of every food we eat, but it actually comprises the bulk of everything we eat.
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 Overhydration - Definition, Description, Demographics, Causes and symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis, Prevention
Overhydration is characterized by excess water both within and around the body's cells, while excess blood volume occurs when the body has too much sodium and cannot move water to reservoirs within the cells.
Mild water intoxication is usually corrected by drinking less than a quart of water a day for several days.
Untreated water intoxication can be fatal, but this outcome is quite rare.
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 Water Intoxication   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
developed brain swelling as a result of "water intoxication." All had taken in too much water during their...
may be more prone to water intoxication and its effects on the...
Water Intoxication In Patients With Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus And Adrenal Failure: glucocorticoid and vasopressin secretions.
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 Sodium Chloride
Example crystal structures are also detailed including caesium chloride (CsCl), sodium chloride (NaCl), the halite structure, fluorite and zinc blende.
Okay, here's the now extremely popular website of a man who got ahold of three and half pounds of solid sodium metal, and decided to toss it into some water just for the joy of watchn' stuff go boom, for science.
Previously, it is applied to bleach flax, cotton, fibres, textiles etc. Sodium Chlorite has been expanding its using fields with the running raise of people's concept, especially the further application of the fourth generation disinfectant (ClO2) on medicine and health, food-processing, aquaculture, drinking water disinfection, industry water treatment, dry flower procedure and so on.
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