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As stated right there on the label, some of the NaCl has been replaced with ~~taster’s choice~~ KCl. So it was never pure sodium to begin with, due to all that pesky chlorine and now about half of the Na has been replaced with Potassium.
I tried adding pure sodium to some soup once. It did not end well. 💣💥😬
It's not the best choice, it's Spacer's Choice!
Imagine making pasta and salting the water with pure sodium. There’s a reason they don’t sell that in the supermarket.
Don't tell me what I can and cannot do! I like my pasta with a little danger and a dash of kaboom!
Big badaboom!
That's how you become a meat popsicle.
Multi-pass
ba-da-boom
Fyi it's chloride, not chlorine, but otherwise spot on
So uh, what do you think the Cl in NaCl stands for?
I had to read this like 24 times to make sure I didn't miss anything, but I'm 98% certain you're correct. When referring to the individual components it should be chlorine not chloride. I'm not a chemical doctor, but this is my understanding.
Horrible at chemistry, but I'm 98% sure it is chloride - the chlorine is present as an anion, and as such is called chloride. Even if you refer to it as an individual component, you still observe Cl-, not Cl (or rather Cl2).
No, the element is chlorine. Chloride denotes a compound or molecule containing a chlorine ion, or a compound with a non-charged chlorine atom bonded.
Now I am confused. Mind bearing with me for a sec?
I was referring to the chlorine present in NaCl, that should in fact be chloride due to it's anionic nature, should it not? I mean sure it's pedantic, but I'd still like to know where I went wrong with that thought :D .
This whole thread is very pedantic but in chemistry when someone refers to chlorine, they are usually referring to Cl2. I think in IUPAC naming chloride is reserved for for ions. Like dichloromethane (IUPAC) and methylene chloride (also common name).
I have a phd in chemistry. You are correct. The whole thread is pedantic garbage.
Sometimes I read highly pivoted comments with info that is plain wrong and think I'm taking crazy pills.
Thanks for clearing that up. I was worried