Properties and uses of salts
Salts are crystalline solid compounds. Most dissolve in water, and they generally have high melting and boiling points.
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Sodium chloride
Flavouring and preserving food; making chlorine, hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide; sodium carbonate by the Solvay process; glazing pottery, making soap, and tanning leather.
Copper sulphate
A fungicide in agriculture; chemical reagents (Benedict's and Fehling's solutions); electroplating; the paint industry.