2006-08-15 05:07:13 · 5 answers · asked by hlr 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
No, salt losing its "saltiness" is an old expression. The salt from ancient Rome (valuable, used as currency) often contained sand. The salt would dissolve away in humidity, leaving more sand. Thus solid would remain, but it had lost its "saltiness".
Doesn't happen so much now, b/c we refine our products well. Salt is virtually 100% salt. And if it dissolves away, you're left w/ nothing.
2006-08-15 05:39:54 · answer #1 · answered by Iridium190 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, salt in chemistry does not only refer to your table salt [NaCl]. There are other salts in chemistry most of them are byproducts of chemical reactions in inorganic chemistry [e.g. the "chlorides" are generally salt compounds]. Knowing this, I can't think of any "salt qualities" common for salts in chemistry. The only one I can think of now is solubility. Losing such quality would entail that that compound is no longer a salt [i guess, but I'm really not sure].
As for the ionic bonding being reversed, I have never heard of such in chemistry. I don't think ionic bonding can be reversed. It can be broken though.
2006-08-15 06:26:51 · answer #2 · answered by Aris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What are you talking about? Salt does not loose it's "salt qualities." Do you know what salt is chemically?
2006-08-15 05:14:54 · answer #3 · answered by wizard8100@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-15 06:36:43 · answer #4 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it undergoes a chemical change and becomes some other substance
2006-08-15 05:22:49 · answer #5 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋