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Common salt besides being used as condiment and food preservative can also be used as the raw material for making

Common salt besides being used as condiment and food preservative can also be used as the raw material for making Correct Answer Both 1 and 2

  • Common salt besides being used as condiment and food preservative can also be used as the raw material for making- Baking Soda, Sodium Hydroxide, Bleaching powder. 
  • Common Salt consists mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl). It is also known as table salt.
  • Baking soda is Sodium bicarbonate -(NaHCO3). It is more commonly used in baking.
  • Sodium hydroxide- It is caustic soda- (NaOH). It is used in a variety of manufacturing processes.
  • Bleaching powder-Calcium hypochlorite-Ca(ClO)2. It is used as a disinfectant. It is also used in the textile industry.

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