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• Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose

  See carboxymethyl cellulose

• Carboxymethyl cellulose

  A non-fermenting cellulose product used in drilling fluids to combat contamination from anhydrite (gypsum) and to lower the water loss of the mud.

• Flocculation

  The coagulation of solids in a drilling fluid, produced by special additives or by contaminants.

• Sodium

  One of the alkali metal elements with a valence of 1, an atomic number of about 23. Numerous sodium compounds are used as additives to ...

• Sodium bichromate

  Also called sodium dichromate. See chromate.

• Base

  A substance capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt. A typical base is sodium hydroxide (caustic), with the chemical formula moh. For ...

• Salt

  A compound that is formed (along with water) by the reaction of an add with a base. A common salt (table salt) is sodium chloride ...