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This is a difficult question because sea salt, sodium chloride, is an ionic solid and dissolves as an ionic solution. That is, in solution, the sodium ions are not attached to the chloride ions, but are floating around separately in the water, and as a solid, the crystal contains lots equal parts sodium and chloride in a regular array, but you can't say "this sodium atom is attached to that particular chlorine atom." The most you can say is that the crystal repeats every 564.02 pm (pico meters) or about 0.00000056 millimeters which is 0.000000022 inches. I find it really hard to imagine such small dimensions.
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What is the particle shape of salt?
Table salt, or sodium chloride is a molecular compound with the chemical formula of NaCl. The smallest unit of salt wholly maintaining its properties is a single molecule.
Is sea salt different from table salt?
It can be NOTE salt comes from the ground or sea.
How do sea animals cope with the salt in the sea?
Sea turtles cry the salt out, some lizards sneeze it out and sea snakes stick their tongue out in the water to let the salt dissolve into the sea
Is coarse salt sea salt?
Many brands of coarse salt are sea salt. However, other salts can be coarsely ground, as well.
Are crystals of salt made of molecules?
Yes. Ordinary table salt is the molecule NaCl.
Can salt be a antigens?
An antigen has to be a protein or molecule of a certain and complex size. NaCl, table salt, is not large enough of a molecule to be an antigen.
What is the particle shape of salt?
Table salt, or sodium chloride is a molecular compound with the chemical formula of NaCl. The smallest unit of salt wholly maintaining its properties is a single molecule.
What is the smallest unit of salt that is still salt an atom or a molecule?
A molecule. One molecule of salt consists of one atom each of Sodium and Chlorine.
Why are sea salt crystals bigger than table salt crystals?
The size of the grinders used by the packagers. It's not intrinsic.
What defines a sea?
A sea is defined as being a large continuous body of water that is made up of salt water. The size of the body of water and its salt content are what define a sea from other types of bodies of water.
What will happen if sea urchin eggs are taken from the sea and placed in fresh water?
the eggs would swell in size because of the salt in the sea water.
If sea urchin eggs are taken from the sea and placed in fresh water what will happen?
the eggs would swell in size because of the salt in the sea water.
Does sea salt contain less sodium than regular table salt?
No. Salt IS sodium chloride. Sea salt is just more natural than your everyday table salt. There are those who would have us believe that Gourmet Salt (Sea Salt) contains less sodium than table salt because it is coarser. The truth of the matter is that Salt is Salt, whether it is Sea salt or table salt. All salt came from the Sea originally. Salt that is used commonly for table salt is mined. That salt was formed from Oceans that went dry and left deposits in the earth. A molecule of salt contains one part sodium and one part chlorine. (Chemically, NaCL). No matter how much you want to believe it, salt is salt and it cannot contain LESS sodium. If the chemical equation was Na2Cl rather than NaCl, I suppose it is possible to chemically take one molecule of sodium away, leaving NaCl. But that is not the case. The salt molecule is NaCl. Sodium has a valence (free electron) of +1 and Chlorine has a valence of -1. When the two elements combine they form NaCl (salt). So salt cannot possibly contain LESS sodium. That being said, sea salt is not JUST salt, it has some trace minerals and elements depending on its water source, so by weight, it has slightly less sodium than table salt (less than a tenth of a percent less).
In salt water with molecule is bigger the salt or the water?
definitly salt
What is difference between sea salt and regular salt?
Sea salt comes from the sea and tastes like sea water.
Does a salt molecule have calcium in it?
no!
Where do you get sea salt?
Sea salt is extracted from sea/ocean waters.
