salt
Let an agent handle salts as ionic compounds by composition, properties, uses and hazards, and route table salt to its own entry.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle salts as ionic compounds by composition, properties, uses and hazards, and route table salt to its own entry.
In chemistry, an ionic compound made of cations and anions held together by ionic bonds, formed for example by neutralising an acid with a base; common table salt is sodium chloride. The term also covers ionic liquids and surfactant salts.
What it is for: Salts are used in food, de-icing, water softening, detergents, medicine and industry.
It can be name and classify a salt; predict solubility; use it in processes; handle hazardous salts safely.
Distinguishing features
Ionic bonding
Conducts electricity when molten or dissolved
Solubility varies widely
Some are toxic
What it looks like
Usually crystalline solids; some are liquids at room temperature (ionic liquids).
How it is recognised
Cation and anion in the formula
Crystalline solids
Table salt, road salt and dishwasher salt are sodium chloride products
Related models
is a kind of - category
is formed from - reaction
has part - components
is confused with - narrower sense
In practice
Families and kinds
simple salts such as sodium chloride
acid and basic salts
double salts
ionic liquids
surfactant salts such as sulfonates
Standards and regulation
GHS classification
Food additive rules for food salts
Road salt environmental guidance
Failure modes and hazards
Toxic salts such as those of heavy metals
Road salt damage to plants and water
Confusing chemical and culinary senses
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.salt-food
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Composition Which salt.
Ions define the salt.
Ions
Cation and anion.
Ions
Composition.
- Which cation and anion make up the salt? definition
- What is its formula and name? definition
Class
Type.
Class
Salt class.
- Is it a simple, acid, basic or double salt? definition
- Is it an ionic liquid? definition
Properties Behaviour.
Properties guide use.
Solubility
In water.
Solubility
Solubility.
- How soluble is it in water? measurement
- How does temperature affect it? definition
Physical
Melting and crystals.
Physical
Physical properties.
- What is its melting point? measurement
- What crystal structure? definition
Uses Applications.
Salts are everywhere.
Applications
Industry and home.
Applications
Applications.
- What is it used for? definition
- In which products? definition
Environment
Road salt.
Environment
Environmental effects.
- What are the environmental effects of its use? boundary
- How can they be reduced? action
Safety Hazards.
Some salts are toxic.
Hazard
Toxicity.
Hazard
Hazards.
- Is it toxic, oxidising or corrosive? boundary
- What does the safety data sheet say? provenance
Senses
Table salt.
Senses
Culinary sense.
- Is table salt meant instead? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should table salt be a separate entry?
- How should specific salts be linked?
- How should ionic liquids be classified?