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What are Physical and chemical properties of sodium chloride?

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Solid at room temperature; cubic crystalline in structure; white in color.
Melting Point 801^oC; Boiling Point 1465^oC.
Dissolves readily in water (35.9 g/100 mL at 25^oC).
Solubility in methanol 1.49 g/100 mL.
Solubility in ammonia 2.15 g/100 mL.
Also soluble in glycerol, ethylene, glycol, and formic acid, but insoluble in hydrochloric acid.
Molar mass 58.443 g/mol.
Neutral pH.
Odorless, but tastes salty.
Density 2.165 g/cm^3.
Mostly non-reactive with other compounds, usually requiring the addition of energy to precipitate chemical reaction (such as the electrolysis of NaCl dissolved in water to form Chlorine gas.
Non-flammable

In general, it looks and behaves a lot like ordinary table salt. Because that's what it is.

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