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Does salt evaporate from the ocean?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

no. salt is too heavy to be evaporated with the water

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Does the salt from the ocean water evaporate?

When ocean water evaporates, the salt does not evaporate with the water. The water molecules evaporate, leaving the salt behind. This is why seawater is salty, as the salt remains in the ocean as the water evaporates.


What would happend if there was no salt in the ocean?

All the salt water fish would die and there would be no sea salt


Can salt evaporate from water?

Yes, salt can evaporate from water. When water evaporates, it leaves behind the salt, which does not evaporate.


How many kilograms of ocean water would have to evaporate to produce one pound of salt?

One million.


How do you turn water into salt?

You cannot turn water into salt. They are entirely different molecules built from totally different atoms. You can evaporate ocean water and the salt that was dissolved in the water will remain. Every liter of water from the ocean contains about 30 grams of salt.


How does the water from the ocean become part of the air?

The water evaporate, becoming water vapor, leaving the salt behind.


Does salt evaporate from salt water?

No, because salt usually stays in a solid form. if you tried to evaporate saltwater, dry salt would be left behind. That's what people used to do with ocean water to get table salt. Hope I helped!


What removes salt from ocean water?

It is distillation (desalination), where evaporation is used to evaporate water from seawater to obtain salt. The water vapour may then be condensed to form potable distilled water.the process of removing salt from ocean water is called desalination


Why does ocean water near the equator have greater salinity?

That's the center of the earth so most of the salt goes there


Does water evaporate faster than water without salt?

Salt water will evaporate faster.


What happens to water in the ocean?

eventually the water will evaporate and leave most of the salt behind and fall again, baisically the water cycle.


Where does the salt in ocean come from?

Salt in the ocean comes from the weathering and erosion of rocks on land, which release mineral particles containing salts that get carried by rivers and streams into the ocean. Over millions of years, this process has resulted in the accumulation of salt in the ocean. Additionally, volcanic activity and hydrothermal vents also contribute to the presence of salt in the ocean.