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Why is sodium chloride a useful starting material?

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It is low cost and considerably abundant being in the ocean which covers 70% of the earths surface

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Sodium chloride is very useful. Sodium ion is the positive ion.


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Is filtration a very effective method of separating a mixture sodium chloride and sand?

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Is chlorine hard?

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Why is salt useful in the food industry?

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Which is an example of an element that when in it's elemental form are very dangerious but when combined with another element makes a useful compound?

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