According to scientist, we could record that chemistry is life, do you want to go contrary with that? If you will admit that, just kindly go with me as I take you through lot of things which would be enough to convince you.

Each Tuesday for me is to give report of any form chemical practical we have done. Though we haven't started much, but at least we are going bit by bit. Let make this interesting by making us know what experience you have about this. This can be an interactive one, which everyone will actually have somethings to store in their brain. As for me, I'm always willing to learn as each day passes by

Today was more about salts and there characteristics. There are many characters of salt but among them we have; Effervescent salt, Deliquescent salt, Hygroscopic salt, and many more. We carried out an experience under just Deliquescent today, we will do the remaining the coming week.

• Effervescent salt are just salt that which have water of crystallization already, so they will loose their water of crystallization to the atmosphere. Such salt can be classified among Effervescent salt. While the process is termed "Effervescence"

• Hygroscopic salt is like an opposite Effervescent salt, hygroscopic salts when left in an open space, they tend to absorb water from the atmospheric surrounding, and then such substance will become moist or sticky. But they won't go into a chemical solution.

• Deliquescent salt is more of hygroscopic salt, but just a slight difference. In the case of Deliquescent salts, they have same meaning or definition with Hygroscopic salt but Hygroscopic salt will go into solution after absorbing water from the atmospheric surrounding.ie, Deliquescent salts when left in an open space, they tend to absorb water from the atmospheric surrounding, and then such substance will become moist or sticky, but they eventually go into solution. That made the difference between Hygroscopic salt and Deliquescent salt.

Sodium Chloride (NaCl)

Sodium chloride is a common table salt which each an everyone of us uses day by day. There's no food we eat and this particular compound won't be in it. Have you ever wondered why we do put salt in almost all the food we prepare. Have you come to think about the tremendous work of this salt in our health. "The Question is why do we use salt??" Have you ever come to reason about this same question. I know majority of you will be thinking the reason of salt is to make the food delicious. Yes it is!! But it's far beyond that, let me enlighten you About the tremendous work of sodium chloride

Sodium chloride (NaCl) this come tablet salt contain two different element named Sodium and Chlorine. When we take in food containing salt, this two compound split into it's element components. Sodium plays a significant role in the body, it ensures that Sugar, water and amino acids are absorbed by the body. Those three things here are the building blocks of proteins, sugar, water, Amino acids and others............... Chlorine which has been splited from Sodium, it will then go and combine with the Hydrogen in the water molecule of the body. Forming Hydrochloric acid. Hydrochloric acid (HCl) act like a gastric juice, gastric juice is in form of acid as well. It act like a gastric juice which helps in synthesis of food and absorb nutrient into the body system. Therefore our normal table salt has a role which it plays in Digestion.

NaCl doesn't stop there, NaCl is present in our daily toothpaste, it's the most cleaning agent in it. Do you all know that NaCl can wash the teeth more than how the toothpaste can wash them. The only Reason were are choosing toothpaste over salts for washing teeth,is because toothpastes smell nice, and we want our mouth to smell nice. We all know Sodium chloride can be used in food industry and can as well be used as flavouring preservative, and many more of it.

I wouldn't have know if I didn't attend today's practical class

Final thought!

I was unable to snap various salt we practicalized today, Because we werent allowed to make use of phone while the lecture is ongoing. As I said in the first place that, we could record that chemistry is life, because it's something that occurs daily in us. They are many more salts or acids which serves lot of purposes too. Our common table salt can undergo lot of chemical process, don't understand estimate your table salt. It's part of what keep you living.

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I wouldn't have know if I didn't attend today's practical class.

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