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What is a salt and what is a bleach?

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What is a salt and what is a bleach?

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Ask ScienceEnglish • 2 months ago

Obviously, I’ve heard of table salt (NaCl), but I’ve also heard of others substances being called salts. What do they mean by something being a salt?

There’s the regular Clorox bleach that we use with whites, but then there is non-chlorine bleach. What is a bleach?

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Others have already explained what a salt is. As you may know, there are lots of different salts, but what do they taste like? This video answers that question.

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