sodium chloride
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- /ˈsoʊdiəm klɔːrˈaɪd/
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cloruro de sodio
- When cooking, I always add a pinch of sodium chloride to my dishes to improve their taste.
- sodium chloride (table salt)
- 0.9% sodium chloride
- sodium chloride solution
This is because salt, also known as NaCl or sodium chloride, is an ionic compound.
- This is because salt, also known as NaCl or sodium chloride, is an ionic compound.
- And the most common ones you're going to need are sodium chloride, magnesium and potassium, right?
Examples
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Table salt, AKA sodium chloride, is just one kind of salt out there.
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You've got solid sodium chloride dissolving in liquid water.
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There is refined salt, which is regular table salt made from sodium chloride.
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Even purified table salt provides sodium chloride without trace minerals.
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This is because salt, also known as NaCl or sodium chloride, is an ionic compound.
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The sodium chloride solution in the tank was refreshed weekly to maintain a constant concentration of sodium chloride.
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The mortars were cured for 4 months and then exposed to 0.5 M sodium chloride solution for 45 days.
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Sea salt (sodium chloride) is evaporated along with water but remains a suspended solid or aerosol.
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The degradation of soil quality caused by sodium chloride can be avoided by using an ammonium salt fertilizer (Hull 1986).
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After curing, the specimens were exposed for 20 days in a 3.5% sodium chloride solution, followed by drying at 65°C (149°F) for 10 days.
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Synonyms
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White crystals people put on food to make it taste stronger and help it last longer
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Large grains of salt from the ground used to melt ice or season food
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A white seasoning made from a common mineral to add flavor and keep food fresh
A white crystal used to season and preserve food
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is compositional: 'sodium' + 'chloride' denotes a chemical compound made of those two elements, which directly corresponds to common table salt (NaCl). Chemical naming conventions are regular and cross-linguistically similar, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Sodium chloride is the scientific name for common 'table salt'. The name literally joins sodium (a metal) and chloride (a chemical), so picture tiny white crystals that form when the two parts come together; that is why the phrase means 'table salt' used in food and industry.