Salt History
Chemistry
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This Austrian city translates to ‘the city of salt’ for its salt mines.
What is Salzburg?
100
What is the chemical formula for Salt?
NaCl
100
What is salt's scientific name?
Sodium Chloride
100
What are the two oldest methods of salt collection?
The two oldest methods of acquiring salt were by harvesting rock salt and sea salt.
100
Has salt affected the outcome of wars?
Yes
200
A world leader who once paid his soldiers in salt because it was as valuable as gold. This led to the expression “worth your salt”.
Who is Julius Caesar?
200
What is the molar mass of Salt?
58.44
200
Is salt soluble in water?
Yes
200
How was salt used by the egyptians?
It was used to preserve mummies.
200
In what war did each side attempt to disrupt salt supplies?
The revolutionary war
300
What was the first nation to tax salt?
China
300
What is the melting point for salt in fahrenheit?
1,474
300
What holds the molecule together?
The negative and positive ions in NaCl
300
Name a center of trading affected by salt.
Timbuktu
300
What is salt used to produce?
PVC and caustic soda
400
These Italian city-states fought a war over the Mediterranean salt monopoly in the 16th century.
What are Venice and Genoa?
400
NaCl is made up of
positively charged sodium ions, and negatively charged chlorine ions.
400
Halite
What is another name for Salt?
400
Which holy book refers to salt's valuable nature?
The Bible
400
What is caustic soda used for?
Extracting Aluminum from Iron ore
500
What is the most well known salt tax?
The English's tax on the Native Americans
500
The reason salt is highly soluble in water is
Like NaCl, H20 is partially charged, with the Hydrogen being slightly positive, and the oxygen being slightly negative.
500
What makes salt a good preservative?
It's Solubility
500
How did salt help the colonization of America?
The salt helped preserve the food of the colonists and explorers of the Americas
500
How does salt preserve meat?
It draws the liquid molecules out of the food
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