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Origin of sodium chloride

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby sodium chloride

sodium bisulfate, sodium borate, sodium bromide, sodium carbonate, sodium chlorate, sodium chloride, sodium citrate, sodium cyanide, sodium cyclamate, sodium dichromate, sodium ethylate

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How to use sodium chloride in a sentence

This means that sodium chloride has a high melting and boiling point.
Explainer: Ions and radicals in our world|Adrian Dingle|August 18, 2021|Science News For Students
Before injection, the vaccine is mixed with water containing sodium chloride, or ordinary salt, just as many intravenously delivered drugs are.
What are the ingredients of Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine?|Konstantin Kakaes|December 9, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Musk said Tesla is focusing on development of a process to extract the metal using sodium chloride, or table salt, instead of more expensive chemical reagents.
Tesla is trying to mine its own lithium|Verne Kopytoff|September 29, 2020|Fortune
When some sodium chloride solution is then added to one of the two portions, the basicity of the solution is distinctly increased.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz

Sodium chloride (table salt), an important part of the blood, is taken in as a flavoring upon our meats and vegetables.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
Weigh out 10 grammes sodium chloride and add to the contents of the flask.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
Gay-Lussac's method is based on the precipitation of silver from a nitric acid solution by a solution of sodium chloride.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The weight of sodium chloride found, multiplied by 0.5302, gives the weight of the soda (Na2O).
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

British Dictionary definitions for 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: NaClAlso called: salt

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sodium chloride

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