salts

Example Sentences

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Milvus founder Assia Kasdi said she buys metal salts, dissolves them in water and mixes them with other components that contain the desired property of a particular mineral, such as durability or conductivity.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Oh, that one fainted half an hour ago. The squeaking girl went to get smelling salts—not to worry!”

From Literature

Smelling salts were called for and cold compresses applied.

From Literature

Every bell pull that could be found was rung and rung and rung yet again, to wake the sleeping servants, call for smelling salts, find someone to run for a doctor, and so on.

From Literature

Cloud seeding involves injecting chemical salts including silver or potassium iodide into clouds via aircraft or through generators on the ground.

From BBC