common salt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of common salt
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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The new process, announced by Chemical Engineers Arthur Warren Hixson and Alvan Howard Tenney of Columbia University: sulfur, through burning and catalysis, is changed to sulfur trioxide gas which is then infiltrated through common salt.
From Time Magazine Archive
He uses turpentine, sulfuric acid, common salt, soda ash, aniline, sulfur.
From Time Magazine Archive
Recent shortages ranged from wool for Continental Army uniforms to common salt.
From Time Magazine Archive
De Quervain of Switzerland retold the well-known prophylactic use of iodine in common salt against goitre.
From Time Magazine Archive
And crystals of common salt have a : b : c = 1 : 1 : 1.
From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Cooke, Josiah Parsons
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