• @robolemmy
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    11512 days ago

    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.

    • @disguy_ovahea
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      12 days ago

      Imagine making pasta and salting the water with pure sodium. There’s a reason they don’t sell that in the supermarket.

    • @buddascrayon
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      311 days ago

      I tried adding pure sodium to some soup once. It did not end well. 💣💥😬

    • 🔍🦘🛎
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      211 days ago

      It’s not the best choice, it’s Spacer’s Choice!

    • Beacon
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      -2012 days ago

      Fyi it’s chloride, not chlorine, but otherwise spot on

      • @felbane
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        3912 days ago

        So uh, what do you think the Cl in NaCl stands for?

        • @[email protected]
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          3912 days ago

          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.

          • @[email protected]
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            -412 days ago

            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).

            • @cowfodder
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              4112 days ago

              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.

              • mars296
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                2412 days ago

                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).

                • @eran_morad
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                  3212 days ago

                  I have a phd in chemistry. You are correct. The whole thread is pedantic garbage.

                  • mars296
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                    112 days ago

                    Sometimes I read highly pivoted comments with info that is plain wrong and think I’m taking crazy pills.

              • @[email protected]
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                212 days ago

                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 .