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A great many, actually. A significant fraction of it is sodium chloride, but seawater also contains many other ions like potassium and magnesium and you-name-it-ium and bromide and iodide and that-too-ide.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoIn many cases, the two words "sea" and "ocean" are used to mean the same thing. Just as a "sea captain" actually sails on the ocean, "sea salt" really means salt coming from the ocean.
There are technical differences between a "sea" and and "ocean" but these are not adhered to in nontechnical, normal daily language.
When it comes to salt, the stuff one buys in the store as "sea salt" is likely to be from a sea and not an ocean. The salt gotten by evaporation from inland seas is often closer to pure sodium chloride than salt gotten directly from the ocean which is 78% sodium chloride.
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∙ 11y agoThe ocean has a lot of salt in it, 3.5% by weight, but that is not just dissolved sodium chloride (Na+, Cl-).
Salts in the ocean are in the form of dissolved ions, positive and negative, and so are not identified with names you associate with the crystalline forms, e.g. NaCl, KCl.
The ocean contains calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium with bicarbonate, sulfate, chlorine and bromine and more.
If you remove the water, then what is left is, by weight, Cl− 55%, Na+ 30.6%, SO2−, 4 7.7%, Mg2+ 3.7%, Ca2+ 1.2%, K+ 1.1%, Other 0.7%.
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∙ 15y agoSea water has a salt content of about 35 parts per thousand, or 3.5% sodium chloride by weight.
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∙ 13y agoSodium Chloride (table salt) is the most common.
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∙ 10y agoThe concentration of sodium chloride in seas/oceans is approx. 36 g/L.
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∙ 13y agoOcean salt?
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What are the differences between salt water and fresh water?
the difference between salt water and fresh water is that salt water is from the ocean and fresh water is water that hasn't gotten to the ocean and so the water is clean, And you can only drink fresh water not salt water
How do the material that makes water salty enter into the waterway?
The material that makes water salty is, you guessed it, salt! When various minerals are chemically weathered, they release there various constituents, and these then travel, dissolved in water, into the ocean. The water in the ocean then evaporates, rains, and flows back into the ocean loaded with more salt. The effect of this is to increase the concentration of salt in the ocean such that it seems "salty" to us.
How much salt per cubic liter in the oceans?
1 liter of ocean water has about 35 grams of salt.
Why is Salt Lake City called salt lake?
Salt lake city is called salt lake because it is near the Great Salt Lake filled with tons of salt. I know...I've been in it!
What is the solvent and solute in ocean water?
Salt and the water is the solvent in which it is dissolved. P.S-There are many more dissolved substances, however salt is the main one.
What is salt water lakes called?
What a salt water lakes is called an ocean
Large bodies of salt water are called what?
Large bodies of salt water are called seas or oceans.
What is it called when salt is dissolved in the ocean?
The meaning is that the ocean water is saline.
What is it called when you take salt out of the ocean?
deslination
What is it called when you removed salt from the ocean?
fresh waterification
What is the amount of dissolved salt in the ocean called?
salinity
What amount of salt dissolve in ocean water is called?
Salinity
What is it called when the salt water flows inland from the ocean?
lake
What is the salt concentration percent of the ocean?
Dissolved solids make up about 3.5% of the mass of ocean water the dissolved solid is commonly called sea salts.
Where is sea salt tpyically grown?
it is grown in the ocean becuase it is called sea salt and it is is grown in grown in the sea
What is a large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean called?
estuary
What is A large body of salt water smaller than an ocean is called?
estuary
