There are many, many, many salts. Table salt, the one you are thinking of, happens to be one that tastes good and is a requirement for health.
Salts are ionic compounds made up of two elements. A salt results when an acid and a base react with each other and cancel each other out. In the case of table salt, these two elements are sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl).
Calcium chloride (de-icer) is a salt. So is potassium chloride, a substitute for people who cannot eat table salt.
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salt is a compound. it is not an element
Salt is not an element. It is a compound of two elements, Sodium and Chlorine.
Table salt is a compound - sodium chloride, NaCl - not an element.
Lead is a metal element and is not classified as an acid or a base. It is typically considered to be a metal in terms of its chemical properties.
Salt is sodium chloride, a chemical compound (NaCl); sulfur is a chemical element (S).
Salt is an element that is composed of sodium and chlorine ions. Iron is also an element, with the chemical symbol Fe. Nylon is not an element, but rather a synthetic polymer made from repeating units of monomers.
Salt is a compound.
Salt is a compound.
Salt is a compound.
No, salt is a chemical compound.
Salt is a compound - not an element. An element is a single substance - for example - sodium is an element and so is chlorine. A compound is a combination of 2 or more elements in one molecule. Sodium chloride - NaCl (salt) is, therefore, an element.