Sodium Chloride

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Sodium chloride
IUPAC name
Sodium chloride
Other names
Common salt, halite, table salt, rock salt, saline, hyposaline, sodium monochloride, sodium chloric, saltex[1]
Identifiers
CAS number 7647-14-5 YesY
PubChem 5234
ChemSpider 5044
RTECS number VZ4725000
Properties
Molecular formula NaCl
Molar mass 58.443 g/mol
Appearance Colorless/white crystalline solid
Odor Odorless
Density 2.165 g/cm3
Melting point

801 °C, 1074 K, 1474 °F
Boiling point

1413 °C, 1686 K, 2575 °F
Solubility in water 356 g/L (0 °C)
359 g/L (25 °C)
391 g/L (100 °C)
Solubility soluble in glycerol, ethylene glycol, formic acid
insoluble in HCl
Solubility in methanol 14.9 g/L
Solubility in ammonia 21.5 g/L
Acidity (pKa) 6.7–7.3
Refractive index (nD) 1.5442 (589 nm)
Structure
Crystal structure Face-centered cubic
(see text), cF8
Space group Fm3m, No. 225
Lattice constant a = 564.02 pm
Coordination
geometry		 Octahedral (Na+)
Octahedral (Cl–)
Hazards
MSDS External MSDS
EU Index Not listed
NFPA 704
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Flash point Non-flammable
LD50 3000–8000 mg/kg (oral in rats, mice, rabbits)[2]
Related compounds
Other anions Sodium fluoride
Sodium bromide
Sodium iodide
Other cations Lithium chloride
Potassium chloride
Rubidium chloride
Caesium chloride
Supplementary data page
Structure and
properties		 n, ?r, etc.
Thermodynamic
data		 Phase behaviour
Solid, liquid, gas
Spectral data UV, IR, NMR, MS
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

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