Why is salt a solid if it can be poured?

Answer 1

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Actually, standard table salt, or NaCl(Sodium Chloride), at room temperature is a solid. It can be melted which means it can become a liquid and release vapors which are gas. When NaCl melts the Na ions and Cl ions can separate.

Answer 2

Although salt is a solid at room temperature, it can still flow and be poured due to the small size and shape of its crystals. When poured, the crystals can move past each other easily, giving salt the appearance of a flowing material even though it is technically a solid.

Answer 3

When people say this, it's because they mean the grain of salt. Just one teeny tiny piece out of all of them. That's a solid. It's actually just like pouring a billion pieces of solids out of a can!

Why.

1. The vibration speed of the atoms tells us that it is a solid.

2. Look at it. It's not a liquid.

3. It is in chunks.

4. Building on #3, it only looks like you are pouring it as you would a glass of ____(liquid) because it is so small.

That's why.

Answer 4

This is a tricky question. Salt is indeed a Solid but I can also see the confusion as well. Salt as everyone knows is dissolvable. With that said, It can't be melted by it's self on say a kitchen stove. Make salt water, eventually it will evaporate and then your left with nothing but salt crystals. The real melting point of salt is 800°C which is 1472°F. To put it into perspective, waters boiling point is 100°C and 212°F.

To explain this further lets look at sugar for a second. You can melt sugar on a stove top with out liquid if so desired. furthermore it will harden in that liquid state in which you can melt it again and poor it. Many people consider sugar to be a liquid despite it's raw state. for example the culinary industry identifies sugar as a liquid. Sugar melts at 186°C and 366.°F.

Therefore salt doesn't act the same.

Answer 5

Salt is considered a solid because it is actually solid at room temperature. That is why it can be sprinkled on items like food.

Answer 6

Salt is a compound because it is made of only NaCl, not because it has only Sodium and Chlorine, in which case it will be mixture of the two elements.

Answer 7

Table salt, NaCl is a pure substance because it is a compound in which the elements are present in a definite proportion. In this case 1:1 .

Answer 8

Table salt (Sodium Chloride, NaCl) is a crystalline solid, but can be dissolved into water to make a saline solution (eg, the ocean or contact lens solution).

Answer 9

Not at room temperature. However a saturated saltwater solution will become solid at temperatures below -21.1 degrees C.

Answer 10

Salt is a solid. Even if you can pour something, it doesn't make it a liquid.