sodium chloride
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On Tuesday, authorities used a Cessna aircraft to release fire flares containing silver iodide and sodium chloride into the atmosphere.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
If you believe that organic pesticides are inherently safer than nonorganic pesticides, that sodium chloride is different from table salt, or that “plant-based” necessarily means “nontoxic,” you have been duped by chemophobia.
From Slate • Sep. 29, 2024
For example, eyedrops contain sodium chloride, or salt, and some “bugs like to grow in salty water,” Novack said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024
Potassium-enriched salts replace some of the sodium chloride that makes up regular salt with potassium chloride.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024
“Question. In sodium chloride, which element has the negative charge?”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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