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Sodium Chloride

Formula: NaCl Molar mass: 58.443 g/mol Density: 2.17 g/cm3 Melting point: 800.7 °C Boiling point: 1,465 °C Sodium chloride is the chemical name for salt. Sodium is an electrolyte that regulates the amount of water in your body. Sodium also plays a part in nerve impulses and muscle contractions. In addition to the familiar domestic uses of salt, more dominant applications of the approximately 250 million tonnes per year production (2008 data) include chemicals and de-icing Sodium chloride is used to treat or prevent sodium loss caused by dehydration, excessive sweating, or other causes. Salt is used, directly or indirectly, in the production of many chemicals, which consume most of the world's production.