How to Use sodium chloride in a Sentence

sodium chloride

noun
  • Salt is made of sodium chloride.
    Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Most of it is in the form of salt, also known as sodium chloride.
    Michael Merschel, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2021
  • These were pressed up against each other, and a solution of sodium chloride was added.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Most road salts are made from sodium chloride, which is the same chemical found in table salt.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2022
  • There are four main types, including sodium chloride, also known as rock salt.
    Leah Chester-Davis, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Iodized table salt is an excellent source of sodium chloride.
    Jon Goodwin, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Even that confirmation, though, needs to be taken with grains of sodium chloride.
    Sarah Scoles, Wired, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Fahrenheit, is less damaging to plants than products made with sodium chloride (rock salt).
    Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • In this study, the diapers were washed, dried, and sanitized with sodium chloride.
    Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 21 May 2023
  • Use salt-free de-icing products or those with a lower percentage of sodium chloride.
    Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
  • For example, sodium chloride staunches green light, while sulfate salts add slightly more red to the mix.
    Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Unlike table salt, Epsom salt is not sodium chloride.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2026
  • Unlike table salt, Epsom salt is not sodium chloride.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Properly known as sodium chloride, the compound is a crucial part of sea salt found commonly in the ocean.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2019
  • Salt is a mineral made up of sodium chloride that is essential for sustaining life.
    Courtney Southwick, Health, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The salt left behind is then dried and refined, ending up as almost entirely sodium chloride.
    cleveland, 23 June 2020
  • My hunt for salt isn’t one that everyone understands, because isn’t all salt just sodium chloride after all?
    Margaret Eby, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Paved streets, sidewalks and parking lots need de-icing in winter, with the sodium chloride in road salt running off into streams.
    Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The pesticide-free kit uses sodium chloride — the same chemical as table salt — and claims to kill both adult lice and nits, the tiny eggs.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2018
  • Green salt may be partially or fully made from potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride.
    Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The machines’ metal teeth gouge into the rock—a mix of red potassium salts, white sodium chloride, better known as table salt, and gray clay.
    James Marson, WSJ, 29 July 2018
  • Usually the salt utilized in ice melt products is plain old NaCl, sodium chloride.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Kosher salt is pure sodium chloride, more coarse, offers a clean flavor, and offers a less concentrated salt flavor per spoonful.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The money would go toward purchase of rock salt, or sodium chloride, and liquid calcium chloride, which is a pre-wetting agent for the rock salt.
    Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Kosher salt is pure sodium chloride, more coarse, offers a clean flavor, and offers a less concentrated salt flavor per spoonful.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2026
  • But be wary of turning to commercial salt substitutes that swap sodium chloride with potassium chloride.
    Susan Puckett, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The discovery of sodium chloride means Europa's ocean could look more like those on Earth and even possibly include salt.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 June 2019
  • The reaction also creates sodium chloride, commonly known as table salt, which dissolves in water just fine.
    Meghan Herbst, Wired, 11 May 2021
  • Some products might also contain ingredients that soak up oil and neutralize the smell, like kaolin clay, charcoal, or sodium chloride (salt).
    Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Or switch from a sodium chloride product to one that uses calcium, magnesium, or potassium chloride.
    Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025

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