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September 9, 2011

The Chemistry of Salt (NaCl)

This video explains and illustrates the molecular structure of sodium chloride (NaCl) crystals; the structure and symmetry of crystal lattices; and why one crystalline solid, salt, melts another, ice.

Credit: NBC Learn and the National Science Foundation


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