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Chemists use the term salt to broadly refer to any ionic compound, but what most people call salt is table salt, also known as sodium chloride (NaCl). Table salt consists of molecules, each of which has one sodium atom and one chlorine atom. Sodium without chlorine, or chlorine without sodium, bears no resemblance to salt. Only when the two are combined, do you have salt. That is why salt is composed of molecules.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoTable salt is sodium chloride (the formula unit is NaCl) and contain sodium and chlorine.
The term molecules is not correct in this case because sodium chloride form large and complicated lattices.
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Are crystals of salt made of molecules?
Yes. Ordinary table salt is the molecule NaCl.
How do you make table salt?
You grind a bit of wood off the table and mix it with ordinary salt, voila you have table salt!
Is table salt a atom?
Table salt is composed of atoms from 2 elements: Sodium & Chlorine, so table salt is a compound.
Elements in ordinary table salt?
Table salt is sodium chloride (NaCl) and contain chlorine and sodium.
How many cubical grains of ordinary table salt eqals one millimeter?
three
Are crystals of salt made of molecules?
Yes. Ordinary table salt is the molecule NaCl.
What is the chemical name for ordinary table salt?
The chemical name for ordinary table salt is sodium chloride.
How do you make table salt?
You grind a bit of wood off the table and mix it with ordinary salt, voila you have table salt!
What is the Matallic element in ordinary table salt?
The metallic element found in ordinary table salt is sodium. Other ingredients in table salt include iodine which is a necessary mineral for the human body.
Is table salt a atom?
Table salt is composed of atoms from 2 elements: Sodium & Chlorine, so table salt is a compound.
Two elements found in table salt?
Table salt is composed of the elements sodium and chlorine.
Elements in ordinary table salt?
Table salt is sodium chloride (NaCl) and contain chlorine and sodium.
When salt is dissolved in water it actually breaks down into two different substances. Is salt composed of atoms of molecules?
salt is composed of Atoms. not Molecules. i know i am answering my own question but i found the answer.
When salt is dissolves in water it actually breaks down into two different substances is salt composed of atoms or molecules?
salt is composed of Atoms. not Molecules. i know i am answering my own question but i found the answer.
On the periodic table is salt an element?
no. salt is composed of Sodium and chlorine.
Why does ordinary table salt dissolves in water?
cuz it does!
Added to ordinary table salt?
Iodine (as potassium iodide or potassium iodate) is obligatory added to table salt to prevent cretinism.
