Common salt comprises a very stable, simple chemical compound called sodium chloride, which has a salty flavour. As table salt, it typically also contains minor amounts of additives to keep it free-flowing.
As it is so chemically stable, sodium chloride will not lose its saltiness, even after being stored dry for many years. However, there are ways in which salt may appear to lose its saltiness.
Historically, salt has been obtained from crude sources such as salt marshes, and minerals such as rock salt. This contains the stable sodium chloride plus other components. Sodium chloride is readily water-soluble, so if this crude salt were exposed to condensation or rain water, the sodium chloride could be dissolved and removed, and the salt could in effect lose its saltiness.
Also, the salty flavour is detected by our sense of taste. If there were a physiological change in the functioning of our taste buds, salt consumed may no longer taste the same, but this would not be due to any inherent change in the salt itself.
In summary, salt, i.e. sodium chloride, is a very stable material which retains its properties when stored dry.
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Thanks for that!
This was real clear and blessed my life
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Salt can only loose it’s saltiness when it is thrown into the fire.
When salt is burned, does it retain it’s salty taste?
Salt CAN lose its saltiness very easily! I would know.
Sorry Nicole, you are wrong. Salt (NaCl) cannot loose it’s saltiness unless it is transformed into something else (some other chemical) in which it is no longer salt (Nacl).
This saying was a great mystery to me for many years. A link to this article reshapes my understanding
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/october/you-are-manure-of-earth.html
This will preach…
Wow isn’t science wonderful
Salt can only lose its saltiness if it was not pure (mixture) to begin with. Water / dampness could leech out the salt leaving the tasteless impurity (other crystals) behind!
Ok this response is clearer
Will salt loose its saltiness if it is stored wet?
Near us are salt lakes that are regularly harvested. If they try to take off too much salt they end up with ‘bitterns’ which are salts of magnesium etc, not the ‘real thing’. They sometimes put bitterns onto gravel roads to ‘be trampled underfoot and under car tyres’. It may help to keep dust down. It is useless otherwise . Graeme
You are so correct! The error in this thred has been thinking that salt always refers to table salt NaCl which as pointed out IS stable, but there are other “salts”. A few examples are Table salt, or sodium chloride, Ammonium Dichlorate, Magnesium Sulfate, Sodium Bicarbonate.
What would be the chemical formula if NaCl was dissolved & extracted. Just curious.
I would like to make a very salty salt. Is this possible? if so, in your opinion, how would I best achieve this goal?
Thank you sir it is very important for us to understand that what he mentioned about condensation how does the condensation actually affect the salt over a long period of time if the salt stored in a dark place with no sunlight over long period of time then the condensation could actually develop in the salt and the water H2o in the condensation what dissolve the sodium chloride on the biblical sense what Christ was saying was don’t put yourself in sin and practice sin and you will not lose the Holy Spirit Matthew 5:13
Even in biblical historical times the salt was used to melt the snow and to add to that that’s what he was talking about throwing it and having men trample them under foot at that point when it loses the flavor is good for nothing because it loses the sodium chloride and still to this day we throw salt on snow to melt the snow when the ice in the streets that’s exactly what our creator was talking about.
Christ didn’t say it was scientifically possible for salt to lose its flavor. He was speaking a parable. He states that if salt did happen to lose its flavor, it would be good for nothing.
The point is not about salt. His point is about us as people. Are we flavorful, enhancing the lives of others and blessing others through charitable works, or are we without flavor, doing nothing for others and are essentially “good for nothing”?
I’m here because we recently moved the Norton salt from it’s original package into another container, after almost it’s half completed.
Soon within 2-3 days of cooking, we observed that even if we use the same amount of salt in the curries, it’s not tasting similar. Then I realized, that container is not completely airtight.
Could that have made it to loose any flavor aka saltiness?
Please let me know if salt is still good after condensation hardens it. Can I sift it/break it for continued use?
If we, as Christians, are the salt of the earth, how do we stay “dry so we won’t lose our saltiness?
By remaining in Christ. He is our source of preserving our saltiness to the world because we have Him within us 🙂 hope this helps
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