sodium chloride
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Indeed, sodium chloride — each molecule consists of one sodium atom and one chlorine atom — is often thought of first as an antifreeze, lowering the freezing temperature of water.
From New York Times
Those are the main ingredients — water and sodium chloride — and they come from the watery component of our blood.
From Washington Post
Do not confuse it with Himalayan pink salt, which is pink-tinged regular sodium chloride and has no antibotulism properties.
From New York Times
Other compounds — magnesium chloride, potassium chloride — are advertised as “greener” than sodium chloride, but, said Bialowas, “It’s all salt. All can put chloride in the water.”
From Washington Post
Then the winds picked up, making it hard to treat roads with brine or sodium chloride.
From Seattle Times
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