From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsodium chlorideˌsodium ˈchloride noun [uncountable] technicalDFHCC the type of salt that is used in cooking
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sodium chloride• In electrolysis you attach a battery to two metal electrodes which are dipped into a sodium chloride solution.• Inorganic salts such as sodium chloride, potassium chloride and potassium iodide form eutectic mixtures with water.• This shows that the bonding in silver chloride is stronger than in sodium chloride.• Appropriate management of the volume excess should include sodium chloride restriction.• One of the simplest is an ionic crystal like sodium chloride, the first mineral analyzed after the discovery of x-ray diffraction.• The cycle can be used to determine the lattice enthalpy of sodium chloride.• Because it costs more than sodium chloride, it is not used much for roads.• After washing the resin with ammonia free water, sodium chloride is used to elute the ammonium ion from the resin. 