What are 5 things salt is good for?

Question

Sodium Chloride!!! cooking, preserving,

Answer 1

Here's a few, and the reference page has several more.

DRILLING: Salt is used to mix with boring mud which is pumped down bore holes to form a wall when drilling through gravel or sandy material which will not stand up on its own.

ALUMINUM PURIFICATION: Salt is used as a flux. The salt sits on top of the molten aluminium in molten salt form, this removes iron and other metals from aluminium leaving pure metal.

SOAP & GLYCERINE MANUFACTURE: Fats and oils are saponified by heating with caustic soda to produce soap and glycerine. The soap is "grained" or "salted out" from solution by adding salt or strong brine.

TEXTILE DYEING Salt is added to the dye baths during the process mainly to make the dyes fast. Flossy salt is the grade most commonly used in this process.

WATER SOFTENING Salt is used in both industrial and home water softening units. The purpose being to regenerate the resins which pick up the objectionable salts in the normal water supply. Salt for this purpose is usually a washed or refined grade. A similar type of salt is used for making a brine for brine cooling systems.

Answer 2

1) Many microorganisms cannot live in an overly salty environment: water is drawn out of their cells by osmosis. For this reason salt is used to preserve some foods, such as smoked bacon or fish.

2) Disinfect wounds. In medieval times salt would be rubbed into household surfaces as a cleansing agent.

3) Salt is commonly used as a flavour enhancer for food.

4) De-ice roads in winter. This works because salt and water form an eutectic mixture that has about a 10°C lower freezing point than pure water . The ions prevent regular ice crystals from forming (below −10°C salt will not prevent water from freezing).

5) To help produce Soap

Answer 3

This is what i came up with... i really don't know where i got it but i found it somewhere in one of my school textbooks! So yea!! Hope i helped!!

DRILLING: Salt is used to mix with boring mud which is pumped down bore holes to form a wall when drilling through gravel or sandy material which will not stand up on its own.

ALUMINUM PURIFICATION: Salt is used as a flux. The salt sits on top of the molten aluminium in molten salt form, this removes iron and other metals from aluminium leaving pure metal.

SOAP & GLYCERINE MANUFACTURE: Fats and oils are saponified by heating with caustic soda to produce soap and glycerine. The soap is "grained" or "salted out" from solution by adding salt or strong brine.

TEXTILE DYEING Salt is added to the dye baths during the process mainly to make the dyes fast. Flossy salt is the grade most commonly used in this process.

WATER SOFTENING Salt is used in both industrial and home water softening units. The purpose being to regenerate the resins which pick up the objectionable salts in the normal water supply. Salt for this purpose is usually a washed or refined grade. A similar type of salt is used for making a brine for brine cooling systems.
Well Ok Do you know what 5 things salt is goo for? JUST ASKING??? lol :-) :0

Answer 4

1. Cleans up grease spills. Pour it liberally over the grease allow to soak up and sweep it away or wipe it up.
2. Cleaning your cast iron pan the correct way. Pour out excess grease. Pour in Kosher salt and give it a scrub. Dump out salt and repeat until salt is clean. Depending on how dirty the pan is, it might take 3 scrubbings. Wipe with a damp towel, and season pan (lightly oil).
3. Curing meat. What's that, too much salmon?! Make Gravlox.
4. Brining for tender, juicy meat. This is especially good with pork
5. To assist in sweating vegetables (the release of moisture quickens the sweating process.)
6. Regulates our blood pressure. Too little salt in our system and we will become dizzy and faint (fun, no? kinda like those goats that you startle and then they fall over). That is why every Roman soldier was given a salt ration, hence the phrase, "worth your weight in salt".
7.The Egyptians used salt to preserve not only mummies, but also lemons (yum!) Below is a recipe to make your own. Use them to zip up a dish or sauce.

Preserved Lemons
12 or more unblemished lemons -- preferably Meyers,scrubbed
Sea salt
Fresh lemon juice as needed
1. Wash and pat the lemons dry.
2. Cut a thin dime-sized piece from both ends of each lemon.
3. Set a lemon on one end and make a vertical cut three quarters of the way through the fruit, so that the two halves remain attached at the base. Do not cut in it half.
4. Turn the lemon upside down and make a second vertical cut at a 90-degree angle to the first, again three quarters of the way through fruit.
5. Fill each cut with as much salt as it will hold.
6. Place the lemon carefully at the bottom of a sterilized wide-mouthed quart glass jar. Proceed in the this manner with the remaining lemons, compressing them in the jar until no space is left and the lemon juice rises to the top. Seal and seat place on the kitchen counter.
7. More lemons may be added in the following days as the lemon rinds begin to soften.
8. Make sure the lemons are covered with juice at all times adding fresh lemon juice if necessary.
9. The lemons are ready to use when the rinds are tender, in 4 to 6 weeks. Rinse them lightly and discard the seeds before using.
10. Refrigerate after opening. Preserved lemons will keep for up to 6 months in the refrigerator.

There are 7 things that salt is good for. That doesn't include making potatoes taste great or allowing you to float on the Dead Sea or the Great Salt Lake.

Answer 5

1. Salt kills grass in between the cracks in your sidewalk;
2. Salt makes people retain fluids (ahh, love those swollen fingers and ankles);
3. Salt makes you thirsty.
4. Eating a lot of salty things makes you gain weight; and
5. Over-salting food makes it taste nasty.
I guess I could only come up with one good thing salt is good for (#1 above).

Answer 6

It can break down bubbles, say if you put the wrong liquid in the dishwasher and the bubbles are all over and crazy. Salt helps break them. It also helps pick up raw egg that you have dropped.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Helping to keep meat fresh. A natural way to help heal wounds...

Answer 9

soaking up red wine if you spill it on material. put it on really quick and it takes most of it up before it stains.
seasoning
making a salt crust on a roast chicken which you can break off - so cool looking! it just flavours it.

Answer 10

french fries, potatoes, crackers, pretzles and peanuts

Seriously though
cooking, preserving, seasoning, melting ice, and making ice cream.