Sodium chloride Sodium chloride Sodium chloride , also known as salt (though sea salt also contains other chemical salts), is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions. With molar masses of 22.99 and 35.45 g/mol respectively, 100 g of NaCl contains 39.34 g Na and 60.66 g Cl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of seawater and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms. In its edible form of table salt, it is commonly used as a condiment and food preservative. Large quantities of sodium chloride are
Chemical garden obtained Common salts used in a chemical garden include: While at first the chemical garden may appear to be primarily a toy, some serious work has been done on the subject. For instance this chemistry is related to the setting of Portland cement, hydrothermal vents and during the corrosion of steel surfaces tubes can be formed. A chemical garden helps one to understand the nature of that chemical substance. The nature of the growth also is useful in understanding classes of related behavior seen in fluids separated by membranes. In various ways it resembles the growth of spikes or blobs