Table salt – as well as the other types of salt – consists of a compound of sodium and chloride ions to make sodium chloride (NaCl if you like chemistry). The sodium in salt is where the ...

For example, table salt is a poor seasoning for steaks, and when salting pasta water, iodized salt can react with chloramine-treated water to create potentially toxic compounds like iodinated ...

Other compounds are made from different combinations of atoms, like water… carbon dioxide… and table salt. And that’s it! Nearly everything in this room, in your room, and in the entire ...