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Salt substitute

Rainwater - 1-4-2024 at 15:07

Funny story
So last summer, Dr. told me to increase my salt intake and ordered 2g a day anyday i work in the heat. Hyponatremia diagnosis. Come winter dr says stop. So i stop. Yesterday, oww crap need to reup on Na metal im almost out. Wheres my salt, screw it. Ill grab some out of the kitchen. Load up my downcell and walk away, checked on it before bed, all good. Head to work, come home, head out to the shack. Everythings cooled down to 110c, so i uncork the cell and poured it into my stockpile. I was prepared, dawned my welding apron and forging mask. Expecting the usual pops and sparks.
The pour went as always, uneventful.
3 hours later, i still got room temperature liquid metal. Owww no. Is this what i think it is?
W T F

Call the boss
>>"What did you do to the salt?"
<<"Nothing"
>>"Really, you didn't swap it out?"
<<"Well. The dr said. WAIT are you using my kitchen for your experiments again?"
>>"no baby." << "Dont you baby me, we talked about this"

TLTR: mixing up reagents can cause an explosive situation

Precipitates - 2-4-2024 at 18:09

Haha yeah sometimes the less said about experiments the better!

"No, the salt just tastes extra metallic!!!"

Is there any way to separate the NaK?

I've had hyponatremia before (self-diagnosis ;)) whilst cycling. I just remember going to a restaurant and asking for some salt! Muscle cramps were gone after 10-15 mins.

Rainwater - 3-4-2024 at 08:07

No clue if there is a way to seperate it or not. I loaded it into and oversized steep pipe and very slowly added water (1drop/min). want the hydroxide amd its about 50x cheaper than buying it