All salt articles
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Research
Ionic cooling offers way to end greenhouse gas use in refrigeration
A refrigeration cycle based on dissolving a salt could be a more environmentally-friendly method of cooling
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Research
Cooking up sustainable battery materials in the microwave
Improved sodium-ion battery anodes synthesised while avoiding conventional solvents
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Research
System combines salt and sunlight for off-grid cooling
Dissolution cooling and solute regeneration work together in renewable-energy driven process
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Research
Salt crystal grows legs to avoid slippery surface
Sodium chloride’s self-lifting crystallisation has been observed for the first time
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Research
Strange hexagonal form of table salt discovered
Predicted by an evolutionary algorithm, the first hexagonal sodium chloride was made on a diamond surface
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News
A taste of why successful salt substitutes remain so elusive
Salty taste’s unique chemistry has stymied the search for an effective salt alternative, and a more realistic goal might be a salty taste enhancer
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Podcast
Copper sulfate
Brian Clegg introduces the compound that has been inspiring chemists and artists alike