sodium chloride

table salt, salt composed of sodium and chlorine

For sodium in the diet, see salt. Sodium chloride, also known as common salt, table salt, or halite, is a chemical compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms. As the main ingredient in edible salt, it is commonly used as a condiment and food preservative. In one gram of sodium chloride, there are approximately 0.3933 grams of sodium, and 0.6067 g of chlorine.
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Noun
1. a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)
(synonym) common salt
(hypernym) binary compound
(hyponym) halite, rock salt
(substance-holonym) seawater, saltwater, brine
(substance-meronym) chlorine, Cl, atomic number 17

General Information:
 Chemical Formula:
NaCl
 Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 58.44 gm)
Sodium 39.34 % Na
Chlorine 60.66 % Cl
 Empirical Formula:
NaCl
 Environment:
Marine or continental evaporite deposits.
 Locality:
World wide in sedimentary basins.
 Name Origin:
From the Greek halos, meaning "salt" and lithos meaning "rock."
Physical Properties:
 Cleavage:
[100] Perfect, [010] Perfect, [001] Perfect
 Color:
white, clear, light blue, dark blue, or pink.
 Density:
2.17
 Diaphaniety:
Transparent
 Habits:
Euhedral Crystals - Occurs as well-formed crystals showing good external form., Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix., Crystalline - Coarse - Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals.
 Hardness:
2.5 - Finger Nail
 Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.
 Luster:
Vitreous (Glassy)
 Streak:
white
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