| 1. | Common dental impression materials include sodium alginate, polyether, and silicones.
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| 2. | Another plant-derived mucilage is made from sodium alginate.
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| 3. | None of the usual seaweeds for alginate production are cultivated.
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| 4. | This leaves sodium alginate as a more universal choice.
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| 5. | Vormedal also has an alginate production facility owned by FMC Health and Nutrition.
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| 6. | Sodium alginate is the sodium salt of alginic acid.
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| 7. | Sodium alginate is a gum, extracted from the cell walls of brown algae.
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| 8. | Potassium alginate is a chemical compound that is the potassium salt of alginic acid.
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| 9. | Dressings and creams containing silver have not been properly studied nor have alginate dressings.
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| 10. | Free radical oxidation is another way the alginate can be degraded in the environment.
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