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Description of key information

Sodium, in contact with water or when moistened or in contact with moist skin or mucous membranes, is quasi-instantaneously. It becomes sodium hydroxide and hydrogen (it does not become available in the body).

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Additional information

Sodium does not become available in the body due to his quasi-instantaneously degradation on contact with moist skin or mucous membranes (it becomes sodium hydroxide and hydrogen). Considering the high reactivity with water of the parent substance (half life of Na < 1 hour), the sodium can be considered as a hydrolytically unstable substance justifying a non-testing decision for the evaluation of its toxicokinetics properties.