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Are there different kinds of salts?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46828points) June 10th, 2011

Or is all salt composed of the same compounds as table salt…NaCl. Sodium chloride. If so, why do people use the word “Sodium” exclusively when referring to salt, when by itself sodium isn’t salt at all? It’s ”...a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal and is a member of the alkali metals within “group 1” (formerly known as ‘group IA’). It has one stable isotope, 23Na.” – Wiki.

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