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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Mnemonic Device for location of Potassium and Sodium.

Mnemonic Device for location of potassium and sodium.

Things to remember :
Potassium is inside the cell membrane.

Sodium is outside the cell membrane.  

Mnemonic Device Type :
PMS

Mnemonic Device :
Remember:

Potassium as POTASS i.e. a fertilizer.
Sodium as SODA.


Potass is more poisonous than Soda. What our parents do is they put poisonous things out of reach of children. .i.e. they use to keep it inside something.

Now, make a connection with that. Remember like this: since Potass is more poisonous it is put inside and soda outside. This implies that Potassium is inside the cell membrane and Sodium is outside of it.

Why will I remember? :
When you will hear about location you will remember Potassium as Potass and Sodium as Soda and remember its harmfulness. Then you will automatically remember its location.  

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Remember this one possible way of remembering. If you have another mnemonic device better than this you can use that mnemonic device.

Furthermore, if you have another mnemonic device don't forget to post as comment.

2 comments:

  1. Much eaiser for me - picture the cell like a french fry. Salty on the outside (high Na+), high potassium on the inside (from the potato).

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    1. Oh yeah. It's really great. Thank you for suggesting new.

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