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Its becuase the ocean is salt water and when it evaporates it leaves behind salt crystals:D

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How is salt water made?

Salt water is made by dissolving salt (sodium chloride) in water. When salt is added to water, the sodium and chloride ions separate and disperse throughout the water, creating a solution with a salty taste.


What melts ice faster salt cat litter or sand?

Rock Salt try it the salt will go straight down


How can you separate salt and sand?

You can dissolve the sand and salt into the water. when this happens the salt will be dissolved and the sand will stay at the bottom. then get some filter paper and pour the mixture through it. the dissolved salt and water will go through leaving the sand. there you have the sand aside. to get the salt aside just boil the water until it evaporates completely and you will be left will your salt. then you have your sand and salt separated. by sifting it


A container contains a mixture of sand salt and pebbles.how can each substance be separated from the other?

To separate sand from salt and pebbles, use a sieve to filter out the larger pebbles first, then add water to dissolve the salt and separate it from the sand through filtration. To separate salt from sand and pebbles, dissolve the salt in water and then evaporate the water to obtain the salt crystals, leaving the sand and pebbles behind. To separate pebbles from sand and salt, use a sieve or filtration to separate the larger pebbles from the sand and salt mixture.


How do you remove salt in sea sand?

To remove salt from sea sand, you can rinse the sand with fresh water multiple times to leach out the salt. Alternatively, you can soak the sand in fresh water and then evaporate the water through exposure to sunlight, leaving behind the salt-free sand.

Related Questions

Is a rock that taste like salt called salt rock?

It is the same compound - sodium chloride - with the same taste.


When salt is dissolved in water what stays the same?

the taste stays the same because when you drink the salt water it taste exactly the same


Is a sand pool and a salt pool the same?

No they aren't


Can sea salt lose its flavor?

Salt has its taste and holds its taste. It is a mineral that stays for ever. You can mix it with any thing, and even eat it. But in the end it comes out as the same salt taste as you remembered before.


What is the taste of the ocean?

The taste of the ocean is the taste of water mixed with various salt and sand particles as well as animal excrement. Generally, it just tastes like extremely salty water.


What does Halite taste like?

Halite, or rock salt, has a salty taste. It is the same taste as ordinary table salt. However, because it is in its natural crystal form, it may have impurities that can give it a slightly different taste than refined table salt.


What would be theChemical equation for separating sand and salt?

sand+salt=sand salt


Does sea salt taste saltier than table salt?

No; they are the same compound - sodium chloride (NaCl).


Is salt and sand a liquid?

Because it is made up of small, solid particles.


What is the taste of salt?

The taste of salt is... saltiness.


Is salt and sand a heterogenous?

Yes. A heterogeneous mixture is one that lacks uniformity. When salt water (a homogeneous mixture) and sand are placed in the same container, the sand sinks to the bottom and the salt solution remains, largely, above the sand, demonstrating the characteristic lack of uniformity. See related link, below.


How is salt water made?

Salt water is made by dissolving salt (sodium chloride) in water. When salt is added to water, the sodium and chloride ions separate and disperse throughout the water, creating a solution with a salty taste.