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Quite a simple reason. You can die. See, when you drink salt water, the salt messes with all the levels of fluids in your body. Your body goes crazy trying to get rid of the fluid and salt out. You get thirst and constipation. If you drink too much, you can die. But don't worry, if you swallow some water from the ocean when a wave hits you or if you swallow some if your gargling it or something, it won't hurt you.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 7y agoSea has lots of salts and many of them are even poisnous for human body. Sea water can be drunk after purifying it like many states including but not limited to Gulf states are doing.
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It's not the "purifying" that's the point here, but the removal of the salt by distillation, so turning the sea-water into pure water. We cannot drink sea-water because the salt in it will dehydrate us.
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∙ 14y agoocean/sea water contains too much salt content.
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∙ 9y agoIt is not safe and pleasant to drink any water containing sodium chloride.
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What is in the ocean water solution?
The major solute in ocean water is sodium chloride - NaCl.
Is the ocean water a compound?
Ocean water is a mixture. It is sodium chloride (NaCl) dissolved in water (H2O).
Ocean water contains 3.5 percent NaCl by mass How much NaCl can be obtained from 250g of ocean water?
Theoretically 8,75 g sodium chloride.
How much salt comes from the ocean?
As an average ocean water has 35 g NaCl/100 g water.
Why shouldn't drink ocean water?
The water from an ocean is salt water, it will make you ill and can be fatal if you continue to drink it.
Do you drink ocean water?
Ocean water is very salty and it could kill you if you drink all lot of it.
What chemicals make up the major salts in the ocean water?
NaCl
What is water you can't drink?
You can drink any water, but it is not good to drink water that is contaminated with microbes, such as lake, river, pond, or ocean water. Also, ocean water isn't good to drink because of its high salt content.
Is ocean water a compound or mixture or element?
Most of Ocean water is salt water, NaCl. However, because of the other things intertwined with it, it is considered a mixture.
Is it good to drink ocean water?
No.
Can a dolphin drink ocean water?
no
How is ocean water different from water that people drink?
Ocean water is salt water and has more "stuff" in it. ;)
