An influx of salt from both land and sea and a warming world are condemning the world's rivers, streams and estuaries to a ...

Kosher salt, like all salt, is NaCl—sodium ions electrostatically bound with chloride ions and arranged in a crystal ...

Explain that this is a magnified picture of salt crystals. Tell students that each salt crystal is made up of two different types of particles called sodium ions and chloride ions. Tell students that ...

The University of Birmingham researchers have introduced a new, environmentally friendly lithium extraction method, offering ...

The demand for lithium is skyrocketing because it’s a key ingredient in batteries for mobile devices, electric cars, and ...

The positive areas of the water molecules surround the negative Chloride ions. The negative areas of the water molecules surround the positive sodium ions. As the attractions from the water molecules ...

Demand for lithium is rising due to its use in batteries for mobile devices, cars and clean energy storage. Securing access ...

A new process for sustainable lithium extraction could help to address the growing global demand for the metals used in electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy storage.

Each winter, hordes of maintenance workers across Minnesota venture into the cold to combat the threat of ice on roads, sidewalks and parking lots with rock salt – too much, in fact, some ...

The blood is filtered at a high pressure and the kidney selectively reabsorbs any useful materials such as glucose, salt ions and water. After it has been purified, the blood returns to the ...

In an exciting development for the future of energy storage, a team of international researchers has unveiled a new material, NaxV2(PO4)3, which could significantly enhance the ... Continue Reading → ...