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sodium chloride
sodium chloride
noun
- common table salt; a soluble colourless crystalline compound occurring naturally as halite and in sea water: widely used as a seasoning and preservative for food and in the manufacture of chemicals, glass, and soap. Formula: NaCl Also calledsalt
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sodium chloride1
First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences
When some sodium chloride solution is then added to one of the two portions, the basicity of the solution is distinctly increased.
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Sodium chloride (table salt), an important part of the blood, is taken in as a flavoring upon our meats and vegetables.
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Weigh out 10 grammes sodium chloride and add to the contents of the flask.
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Gay-Lussac's method is based on the precipitation of silver from a nitric acid solution by a solution of sodium chloride.
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The weight of sodium chloride found, multiplied by 0.5302, gives the weight of the soda (Na2O).
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