How to Use sodium chloride in a Sentence

sodium chloride

noun
  • Most of it is in the form of salt, also known as sodium chloride.
    Michael Merschel, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2021
  • Most road salts are made from sodium chloride, which is the same chemical found in table salt.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2022
  • These were pressed up against each other, and a solution of sodium chloride was added.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2020
  • The pesticide-free kit uses sodium chloride — the same chemical as table salt — and claims to kill both adult lice and nits, the tiny eggs.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2018
  • All of these salts (as well as pink Himalayan salt, which people write to me about) are comprised of almost-pure sodium chloride.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2021
  • In this study, the diapers were washed, dried, and sanitized with sodium chloride.
    Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 21 May 2023
  • Properly known as sodium chloride, the compound is a crucial part of sea salt found commonly in the ocean.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2019
  • Even that confirmation, though, needs to be taken with grains of sodium chloride.
    Sarah Scoles, Wired, 14 Sep. 2020
  • There are four main types, including sodium chloride, also known as rock salt.
    Leah Chester-Davis, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2022
  • For example, sodium chloride staunches green light, while sulfate salts add slightly more red to the mix.
    Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Paved streets, sidewalks and parking lots need de-icing in winter, with the sodium chloride in road salt running off into streams.
    Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The machines’ metal teeth gouge into the rock—a mix of red potassium salts, white sodium chloride, better known as table salt, and gray clay.
    James Marson, WSJ, 29 July 2018
  • The discovery of sodium chloride means Europa's ocean could look more like those on Earth and even possibly include salt.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 June 2019
  • Fahrenheit, is less damaging to plants than products made with sodium chloride (rock salt).
    Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Iodized table salt is an excellent source of sodium chloride.
    Jon Goodwin, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The money would go toward purchase of rock salt, or sodium chloride, and liquid calcium chloride, which is a pre-wetting agent for the rock salt.
    Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Usually the salt utilized in ice melt products is plain old NaCl, sodium chloride.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The spray is delivered in water and sodium chloride to make it just as refreshing and hydrating as other face mists.
    Kayla Blanton, Health, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The salt left behind is then dried and refined, ending up as almost entirely sodium chloride.
    cleveland, 23 June 2020
  • Before the vaccine is injected into a patient’s arm, health care providers add an extra 2.16 mg of sodium chloride per dose.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2020
  • My hunt for salt isn’t one that everyone understands, because isn’t all salt just sodium chloride after all?
    Margaret Eby, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Some of the ice that the team spotted on Ceres’ surface, called hydrohalite, is made of sodium chloride—table salt—crystals with water molecules trapped inside.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2020
  • It was filled with a slurry of sodium chloride and potassium chloride kept at a sweltering 1,350 degrees Fahrenheit.
    cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Some products might also contain ingredients that soak up oil and neutralize the smell, like kaolin clay, charcoal, or sodium chloride (salt).
    Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Scientists determined in 2019 that the yellow portions of Europa’s surface were caused by the presence of sodium chloride — better known as table salt.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The review found that salt substitutes low in sodium chloride but high in potassium helped lower blood pressure and the risk of cardiovascular disease and death.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
  • But be wary of turning to commercial salt substitutes that swap sodium chloride with potassium chloride.
    Susan Puckett, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The reaction also creates sodium chloride, commonly known as table salt, which dissolves in water just fine.
    Meghan Herbst, Wired, 11 May 2021
  • Even a relatively low amount of sodium chloride can degrade waterways and kill freshwater fish, Grumbles said.
    Lilly Price, baltimoresun.com, 28 Jan. 2022
  • They're best understood by starting with orderly rock salts, and they're represented by crystals of sodium chloride.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2020

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