SODIUM CHLORIDE


Meaning of SODIUM CHLORIDE in English

or table salt

Inorganic compound of sodium and chlorine , a salt in which ionic bond s hold the two components in the familiar white crystals.

Salt is essential to health as a source of sodium; blood and all other physiological fluids are dilute salt solutions. One of the most widely employed materials of the chemical industry, it is used in manufacturing chlorine , caustic soda , sodium carbonate , bicarbonate of soda , soap , and chlorine bleach , as well as in ceramic glazes, metallurgy, food preservation, curing of hides, road de-icing, water softening, photography, and many consumer products, including mineral waters, mouthwashes, and table salt itself. It is mined, extracted from seawater , and obtained from dry salt lakes called pans. See also halite .

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