Externet Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Hi. There is household products in liquid and in powder forms intended to be added to water, like in a laundry machine; but NOT to be used into water softening equipment. They are referred as 'salts' . What are these compounds ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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YT2095 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 do you mean stuff like Calgon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Externet Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Yes.- Is it Na6 P6 O18 ? and another type, mixing 42% Sodium carbonate 28% Sodium sulfate 23% Sodium citrate Do these make sense ? Any others ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UC Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) Yes, all of those compounds are salts. A salt, in the chemistry sense, is an ionic compound that can be formed by the neutralization of an acid by a base. Some of these are not soluble in water, but those that are dissacociate into ions in solution. They are also known as electrolytes. The common use of salt is sodium chloride which fits this description. Sodium tetraborate (borax) and various sodium acid salts of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid are also used for laundry, but the chemistry sense of "salts" covers an essentially infinite number of compounds. Edited January 11, 2009 by UC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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