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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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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

lol! But even if I did google it, my brain is not working at capacity, so I need some layman descriptions.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt

The simple English Wikipedia is great for certain things. I often use it for math articles, because the regular one jumps right into formulas and assumes you know stuff like Fourier transforms.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks! Ok, so a bleach is a chemical that removes colors from materials, often making them white. A salt is any substance whose molecules are held by ionic bonds. Is that correct?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He can also ask in a discussion forum.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Go back and check the links.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I enjoyed the trip down memory lane with the biographical details of Salt, the hip hop musician.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I see what you did there, and appreciate it :)