This teaching simulation of the Sodium Potassium pump just showed up in my inbox. Have a look.
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I couldn't resist this wonderfully explosive video on YouTube showing the unfortunate end of a red gummy bear when mixed with potassium perchlorate.
Clearly, washing your hair isn't going to have any effect since I highly doubt that your Head and Shoulders
Crown ethers are an unusual series of molecules that have the ability to complex small cations, notably alkali metals such as sodium and potassium. These cyclic molecules, upon complexing a cation, can allow a salt to go into organic solvent that otherwise wouldn't.
Interesting.
So, is the lipid bi-layer just a passive spectator in all this or does it play a more active role?