Top Animation via TREVMANVW. The traditional explanation for the phenomenon goes like this: the reactive sodium (Na) displaces hydrogen atoms from surrounding water (H2O) molecules, generating ...

The concentrations of sodium in Potomac water drawn in Loudoun County have crept up from about 10 milligrams per liter in 1996 to nearly 16 milligrams per liter this year, with occasional spikes ...

The other hydrate, with 13 water molecules for every sodium chloride, might be found at the bottom of the oceans of the icy worlds, Dr. Journaux said.