Salt Uses and Applications

Salt is found everywhere in the world and has almost an endless supply. Incorporated into our lives we can find literally thousands of uses for salt from industrial manufacturing of products and other chemicals, Salt in Food, Winter Road Safety, Animal and plant feed as well as water conditioning to name a popular few.

Did you know that Salt is an ionic compound?

An ionic compound is a chemical compound in which ions are held together in a lattice Sodium Chloride (NaCl)

structure by ionic bonds.

Find Out About The Ways We Use Salt

Salt is used by cooks and food manufacturers for a variety of purposes.
Salt in industry is everywhere including glass, rubber, cosmetics and more.
Salt used for Road Safety accounts for one of the largest single uses.
Salt is used to improve animal dietary needs and improve crops plant yields.
Salt deposits removed to soften water helps efficiency in other ways.