What is the difference between salt sodium and potassium?

Answer 1

In which are you are asking this question, since these two salsts plays an importnat role biochemical cycles and buffers. In which area you are asking this question In which area you are asking this question

Answer 2

Sodium is an alkali metal. It is very reactive, especially with water. People generally store it under oil so it doesn't react with the water in the air. Eating it will burn your mouth from the water in your saliva.

Salt (like table salt) is a crystal made up of sodium cations [cat-i-ons] and chlorine anions [an-i-ons]. Eating it will dissolve the crystal but keep the atoms in their cation and anion states, so it does not burn your mouth. In chemistry, it is also used to describe any solid that forms from a reaction (usually acids reacting with bases).

Answer 3

If you're asking from a chemistry perspective, Sodium is a pure element (Na); a metal violently reactive with water salt that oxidizes quickly in air. Salt is a compound formed by mixing acids and bases, ending with a electrically neutral product (salt).

If you're looking at a nutritional label, sodium refers to the amount of salt in the food item. Since sodium is one of the essential electrolytes of the body, it is usually featured on nutritional labels to help you maintain necessary levels of sodium in the body to maintain proper functioning. Diets with high sodium intake are thought to have ill effects on the body, particularly the cardiovascular system. Eating large amounts of salt in a limited amount of time can actually be lethal.

If you're asking in terms of table salt, it is a compound made up of two elements, Sodium and Chloride (chlorine). Sea salt is also made up of primarily sodium and chloride but contains other minerals as well.

Answer 4

Salt is a compound made of sodium and chloride ions, while sodium is a mineral that plays a critical role in regulating fluid balance in the body. Potassium is another essential mineral that helps maintain proper muscle and nerve function. Both sodium and potassium are important for overall health, but in different ways.

Answer 5

potassium. it has the molar mass of 39.098 while sodium has the molar mass of 22.99

Answer 6

No.

Salt is a compound Sodium chloride

Potassium is an element

Answer 7

sodium, it is further down the Periodic Table and as such is larger.

Answer 8

On of the periodic trends is that as you move down the table and to the left, metals become more reactive. Potassium is below sodium, so it is indeed more reactive.

Answer 9

Sodium