Walt the Salt!
Jacqueline Kapoian R1
Who is Walt the Sale?
Purpose of Walt the Salt!
The plain mild-mannered Sodium chloride is actually a Super Compound!! For starters, NaCl is most commonly known as a table salt. As we all know, NaCl is used in cooking, preserving and seasoning many different types of foods. But did you know that sodium chloride is also used in the medical field? Do you wear contacts? Well, Optometrists use sodium chloride in the form of saline to clean and rinse contact lenses. Doctors also use sodum chloride in catheter flush injections or intravenous infusions which helps in removing different types of bad bacteria. Of course, we would all be in a ditch somewhere is we didn't have salt to spray over the icy roads in winter. NaCl is also an important part of the fluids used in oil drilling! The more you know about NaCl, the more you cant help but be impressed by it's many uses.
Physical Properties of Walt the Salt
Color: White
Appearance: Crystalline Solid
Soluability: Yes, NaCl is soluble in water
Chemical Properties of Walt the Salt
Melting Point: 808C
Density: 2.16g
Boiling Pont: 1465C
Molar Mass!
The molar mass of Walt the Salt and NaCl is 58.44g
Interesting Facts about Walt the Salt
- Did you know that salt or NaCl is so important for your health that if you drink to much water and flush out all the salt from your body than it could cause fatal hyponatremia.
- Did you know that in the Middle Ages salt was so expensive and valuable that it was known as "white gold".
- Only 6% of the salt used in America goes into food; another 17% of salt goes for de-icing streets and highways in the winter months.
- Sodium chloride is formed when unstable metal sodium reacts with chlorine gas. It is the only family of rocks that is eaten by humans.
- Did you know that in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue - not primarily looking for gold and diamonds but for ...yes you guessed it...salt!!!
Materials for Constructing Walt the Salt
Constructing Walt the Salt
Walt the Salt Fully Constructed!
Bibliography
Websites:
- "Sodium Chloride." Healthlines RSS News. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2014. <http://www.healthline.com/health/sodium-chloride>.
- "15 Fascinating Facts About Salt."Listverse. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2014. <http://listverse.com/2009/05/11/15-fascinating-facts-about-salt/>.
- "Molar mass of NaCl - Chemistry Online Education." Molar mass of NaCl - Chemistry Online Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2014. <http://www.webqc.org/molecular-weight-of-NaCl.html>.
Pictures:
- http://forlivingstrong.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/salt.jpg
- http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-76-27/4111.01.jpg
- http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mmCQzvGsCis/TaRx_s6f6bI/AAAAAAAADwk/UIYPYXTa54I/s1600/kosher_salt_mortons.jpg
- http://www.earthsci.org/education/teacher/basicgeol/miner/nacl.gif