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Chemist often do to avoid confusion with other types of salt. In everyday speech we usually just call it salt because it is shorter and the term has been in use longer.

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What do chemists call salt?

Sodium Chloride ,which is capital I in the periodic table, is what "chemists" call salt.


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oh my freaking god, what do you need sodium chloride for? it's TABLE SALT!!


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It is not an acid. It is a salt. It is actually the salt we call salt (sodium chloride).


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Mainly because it is sodium chloride and salt is much easier to say.


How do you make the low sodium from sodium chloride?

Sodium chloride, NaCl, is common salt or table salt. Low sodium salt is generally made by mixing sodium chloride with potassium chloride, thereby reducing the amount of sodium in the salt.


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What is the definition of sodium chloride?

Sodium chloride is the sodium salt of hydrogen chloride.


Does sodium chloride contain carbon?

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What is salt sodium chloride?

sea salt which is based on the metal sodium.


What is the connection with salt and sodium chloride?

Table salt is sodium chloride, NaCl.


What non-metals can be bonded with metals to make salt?

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