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5 example of ionic compound and their uses

5 example of ionic compound and their uses

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"Table Salt (NaCl)

-(although I think you already know...) Salt is essential to the health of humans and other animals, and it is one of the five basic taste sensations. Salt is used in many cuisines around the world, and it is often found in salt shakers on diners' eating tables for their personal use on food. Salt is also an ingredient in many manufactured foodstuffs.

Calcium Chloride (CaCl)

-CaCl has several uses in various industries. In construction it can be used in soil solidification. It enhances dye retention in paper manufacturing. It helps in highway maintenance in the control of ice or snow. And in medicine, it can be used in the treatment of patients with low levels of calcium in the blood.

Potassium Bromide (KBr)

-KBr has uses in veterinary medicine as a treatment for animals with epilepsy. It is also utilized in photographic plates and paper manufacturing. KBr has uses in veterinary medicine as a treatment for animals with epilepsy. It is also utilized in photographic plates and paper manufacturing.

Lithium Fluoride (LiF)

-Lithium fluoride is most widely used as a flux in the production of ceramics, such as enamels, glasses and glazes. Similarly it is also used in brazing and welding fluxes and molten salt chemistry in metallurgy.

Sodium Bromide (NaBr)

-It was used in medicine as a hypnotic and sedative. Potassium bromide is also used for this purpose. It is used to make other bromine compounds that are organic. It was used to make silver bromide."