Sodium Chloride
Introduction
Considered to be the salt, although there are
several salts and sodium chloride is just one
of these salts it is the most commonly used
salt out of all of them.
Sodium Chloride's formula - NaCl
Melting point - 801 °C
Density - 2.16 g/cm³
11
NA
The Usage
Used asseasoning in food
/preserve foods
electrolyte replenisher
(help prevent heat cramps)
treat patients that have
lost salt and water in their
body
deice roads that have been
frozen
Used in
many industrial ways
healthcare to help
dehydrated patients
How is it made?
Made when sodium atoms interact with
chlorine atoms. Chlorine atoms will be
given an electron by the sodium , there is
one sodium atom for every chloride atom
in Sodium Chloride . Manufacturing sodium
chloride involves injecting water into a
halite vein in the earth, extracting the
brine, and sending it to a refinery for
evaporation and processing into
granulated salt.
Other methods involve evaporating seawater via the sun
and wind.
More Facts
Sodium Chloride is often referred to as Table Salt or
Sea Salt. Mixing Sodium Chloride in with the water
of cut flowers in a vase will help the flowers live
longer. Sodium Chloride is in every cell in the body.
It is often used as a binding and/or thickening
ingredient in skin and hair care products like
shampoos, and as an abrasive in salt scrub products
on occasion.
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