Table salt

Table salt

Description

Sodium chloride crystals prepared for use as a food seasoning and preservative. Table salt contains chloride sodium chloride with small amounts of a free-flowing agent (1% silicate calcium silicate or carbonate magnesium carbonate), an anti-caking agent (ferrocyanide sodium ferrocyanide), an iodizing salt (about 0.1% iodide potassium iodide or iodide sodium iodide) and an iodide stabilizer (0.1% carbonate sodium carbonate and 0.1% thiosulfate sodium thiosulfate).

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Synonyms and Related Terms

Speisesalz (Deut.); Tafelsalz (Deut.); sal (Esp.); sel alimentaire (Fr.); sel de table (Fr.); keukenzout (Ned.); sl kuchenna (Pol.); sal de cozinha (Port.)

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Authority

• Richard S. Lewis, Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

• John and Margaret Cannon, John and Margaret Cannon, Dye Plants and Dyeing, Herbert Press, London, 1994

• Website address 1, Website address 1 Comment: www.jetcity.com/~mrjones/chemdesc.htm - photographic chemicals

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: (accessed July 2005)