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Chemical Composition: NaCl
Group: -
System: Isometric
Family: Halides
Hardness: 2.5
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- Cubic crystals
- Other colours: white, yellow, red, brown, black
- Very light, transparent to translucent
- Dissolves readily in water
- Excellent conductor of heat, fuses easily
- Moist to the touch
- Vital ingredient in human and animal diet
- Important in chemical industry for the preparation of soda,
hydrochloric acid and sodium
- By-products: bromine, chlorine, iodine, magnesium, potassium,
etc...
- Very common
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