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Sodium chloride   /sˈoʊdiəm klˈɔraɪd/   Listen
Sodium chloride

noun
1.
A white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl).  Synonym: common salt.






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"Sodium chloride" Quotes from Famous Books



... with one atom of the element oxygen to make one molecule of water. In symbols we express this H2O. A group of symbols, such as this, expressing a molecule of a compound is called a formula. NaCl is the formula for sodium chloride, which is the chemical ...
— General Science • Bertha M. Clark

... even the venous sinuses have been torn. Cerebro-spinal fluid may escape along with the blood, but it is seldom possible to recognise it. If the flow is long continued, the patient may be conscious of a persistent salt taste in the mouth, due to the large proportion of sodium chloride which the fluid contains. In very severe injuries, brain matter may escape through ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles

... he to the druggist. "Sodium chloride, ten grains. Fiat solution. And don't try to skin me, because I know all about the number of gallons of H2O in the Croton reservoir, and I always use the other ingredient on ...
— The Trimmed Lamp • O. Henry



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