Salt
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Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride. When used in food, especially in granulated form, it is more formally called table salt. In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is
Rock salt (halite)
Salt production in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, 1670
Ponds near Maras, Peru, fed from a mineral spring and used for salt production since pre-Inca times
A SEM image of a grain of table salt
Sodium chloride
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Sodium chloride, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions. It is transparent or translucent, brittle, hygroscopic, and occurs as the mi
Mounds of road salt for use in winter
A class-D fire extinguisher for various metals
Sodium chloride crystal under microscope.