Sodium chloride

Sodium chloride

Table Salt

 

Sodium chloride commonly referred to as salt (although sea salt also contains other chemical salts), is an ionic compound with the formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions. With molar masses of twenty-two .99 and 35.45 g/mol respectively, 100 g of NaCl contains 39.34 g Na and 60.66 g Cl. common salt is that the salt most liable for the salinity of seawater and of the ECF of the many multicellular organisms. In its edible sort of salt , it's commonly used as a condiment and food preservative. Large quantities of common salt are utilized in many industrial processes, and it's a serious source of sodium and chlorine compounds used as feed stocks for further chemical syntheses. A second major application of common salt is deicing of roadways in sub-freezing weathe