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Salt/common salt – a mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, formed by evaporating seawater (impure form). Salt of tartar – potassium carbonate; also called potash. Salt of hartshorn/sal volatile – ammonium carbonate formed by distilling bones and horns. Tin salt – hydrated stannous chloride; see also spiritus fumans, another chloride of tin.
Oil of hartshorn is a crude chemical product obtained from the destructive distillation of deer antlers. Salt of hartshorn refers to ammonium carbonate, an early form of smelling salts and baking powder obtained by dry distillation of oil of hartshorn. Spirit of hartshorn (or spirits of hartshorn) is an archaic name for aqueous ammonia ...
Modern solutions may also contain other products to perfume or act in conjunction with the ammonia, such as lavender oil or eucalyptus oil. [2] Historically, smelling salts have been used on people feeling faint, [3] [4] [5] or who have fainted. They are usually administered by others but may be self-administered.
Safflower and olive oil have one of the highest levels of oleic acid among dietary fats. Oleic acid is used as a component in many foods, in the form of its triglycerides. It is a component of the normal human diet, being a part of animal fats and vegetable oils. [3] Oleic acid as its sodium salt is a major component of soap as an emulsifying ...
Texture, grain size, and volume: While table salt has very fine grains, kosher salt has large flakes that take up more space. The difference in size and volume is perhaps the most important ...
Sodium hydroxide is used with hydrochloric acid to balance pH. The resultant salt, NaCl, is the corrosive agent used in the standard neutral pH salt spray test. Poor quality crude oil can be treated with sodium hydroxide to remove sulfurous impurities in a process known as caustic washing.
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