The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) says statewide about 404,000 tons of road salt are used every year.

Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which either the fuel and/or the coolant is a molten salt. Molten salt is salt which liquifies at elevated temperatures and can store ...

(ABC 6 News) — “Hold the salt” is the new mantra for Minnesota road crews treating streets and highways. According to the ...

This seemingly mundane mineral, along with a variety of other salts discovered in the samples, tells an extraordinary tale of ancient cosmic chemistry. The story these salts tell begins over 4.5 ...

Do you want to float on water? Take a trip to the Dead Sea or the Great Salt Lake. Because both bodies of water contain huge amounts of salt, swimmers can easily float! Compare the densities of ...

A research team based in Bochum and Mülheim is using a new type of salt to specifically produce one of two possible ...

Many chemicals can be classified as being acidic, neutral or alkaline by using indicators. The pH scale is used to measure acidity and alkalinity. When an acid is neutralised, it forms a salt.

This is called a neutralisation reaction. The name of the salt produced can be worked out from the names of the acid and the alkali. Chemical equations can be written to describe a neutralisation ...