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What are the effects of salt on decomposition of human remains?
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Slows it - the salt is used to remove water, thus drying the remains and killing most bacteria.
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Is Heating a hydrous salt to obtain an anhydrous salt a chemical or physical change?
if you mean epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) then heating it will result in a decomposition reaction, where magnesium oxide (s) and sulfur trioxide (g) is formed. The decomposition reaction is therefore a chemical change.
A grass burns and turns to ash however the salt remains in the ashes and dissolves what does this tell you about the properties of salt?
The answer is: salt is soluble in water.
When an acid and a base neutralize each other what remains?
Water but if the water evaporates salt will be there.
Why is salt used in preparing dried flowers?
Salt is used to absorb moisture from the flower, hence 'dried flower'. By absorbing the water, the rate of decomposition of the flower is significantly reduced allowing the dried flower to last longer.
Is boiling salt water until just salt remains a physical change?
Yes. The transformation is that of a solution going to a solid. (The water is evaporated off.)
What effects the decomposition of human remains?
I'm not an expert but generally, bacteria. If you where in a bactaria free case, you would not decompose. Decomposition is generally the body being eaten by bacteria. It doesn't happen when your alive as your blood is still flowing and your active. The rate of decomposition would be affected by the amount of bacteria where you where. Other factors such as salt water can however have preservitive effects. Hope I helped.
Is the decomposition of a salt hydrate reversible?
A dehydrated salt can be rehydrated.
Does salt speed up decomposition?
No, it slows it down.
What valley in the US is the remains of an evaporated salt lake?
The Great Salt Lake Desert in Utah is what remains of a salt lake.
How you stop decomposition?
Salt whatever it is for a few days ina sealed container
How do you stop decomposition?
Salt whatever it is for a few days ina sealed container
How did you separate salt from water?
just boil the water and the salt remains at the back
What is decomposition of salt?
Sodium chloride is decomposed only by electrolysis of water solutions or melted NaCl.
The minerals which form in a solution from acids and bases are called what?
Its Salt Remains, not just "salt".
How do salts react to fire?
The reaction is different for each salt: melting, thermal decomposition, explosion etc.
Why h3po4 is added to mohr's salt during permanganometry?
to stabilize the permanganate solution or to avoid its decomposition or reduction
What effects does salt have on water?
No major effects. The salt water and the water join to become a less concentrated salt solution than the salt water but a more concentrated salt solution than the regular water.
