News tagged with sodium chloride

Renewable Energy Made by Mixing Salt and Fresh Water

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a river flows into the sea, the location is more than just a haven for water commerce. The mixing of fresh and salt water that occurs at an estuary also dissipates energy, as the different ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (29) | comments 6 feature

Paper battery may power electronics in clothing and packaging material

Imagine a gift wrapped in paper you really do treasure and want to carefully fold and save. That's because the wrapping paper lights up with words like "Happy Birthday" or "Happy Holidays," thanks to a built ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

NASA sees new salt in an ancient sea

(Phys.org) -- The expansion of massive salt evaporation projects on the Dead Sea are clearly visible in this time series of images taken by Landsat satellites operated by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lithium to be extracted from geothermal waste

(PhysOrg.com) -- A technique developed by a Californian company, Simbol Mining, will enable the valuable mineral lithium, widely used in high-density batteries, to be reclaimed from the hot waste water produced ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 4 weblog

Road runoff spurring spotted salamander evolution

Spotted salamanders exposed to contaminated roadside ponds are adapting to their toxic environments, according to a Yale paper in Scientific Reports. This study provides the first documented evidence that a vertebrate has ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The Atmosphere of Io

(PhysOrg.com) -- Io is one of the four moons of Jupiter that Galileo discovered after he turned his new telescope heavenward. They shocked him and his contemporaries because they demonstrated that heavenly ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

The smell of salt air, a mile high and 900 miles inland

The smell of sea salt in the air is a romanticized feature of life along a seacoast. Wind and waves kick up spray, and bits of sodium chloride - common table salt - can permeate the air.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Cystic fibrosis gene typo is a double whammy

An imbalance of salt and water in patients with cystic fibrosis makes their lungs clog up with sticky mucus that is prone to infection. The cause of the offending imbalance is a well-known genetic error, one that blocks the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hot and cold moves of cyanide and water

Scientists have long known that molecules dance about as the temperature rises, but now researchers know the exact steps that water takes with a certain molecule. Results with small, electrically charged cyanide ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Chemist's discovery of new salt jumpstarts extended-life battery research for electric vehicles

A University of Rhode Island chemistry professor's discovery of a new salt has been received with enthusiasm by companies seeking to develop an advanced lithium ion battery for use in the next generation of hybrid and electric ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 7

CDC: Most adults should restrict salt but don't

(AP) -- Seven out of 10 Americans should restrict their salt consumption, but very few of them do, according to a new government study. About 145 million U.S. adults are thought to be more sensitive to salt - a group that ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Chemical imaging of individual salt particles advances aerosol research

Scientists recently combined experimental approaches and molecular dynamics modeling to gain new insights into the internal structure of sea salt particles and relate it to their fundamental chemical reactivity in the atmosphere. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diplomat says minuscule fallout reaches Calif.

(AP) -- The first radioactive fallout from Japan's crippled nuclear plant reached Southern California early Friday, but the readings indicate levels far below a level that could endanger people, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Tracking down rust

(PhysOrg.com) -- Damage to concrete bridges caused by rust can have fatal consequences, at worst leading to a total collapse. Now, researchers have developed an early-warning system for rust. Sensor-transponders ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 05, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The power of planar: Flat sodium-nickel chloride battery could improve performance, cost of energy storage

A redesign of sodium-nickel chloride batteries promises to overcome some of the obstacles long associated with rechargeable batteries.

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sodium chloride

Sodium chloride, also known as common salt, table salt, or halite, is an ionic compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms. As the major ingredient in edible salt, it is commonly used as a condiment and food preservative.

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