Salt dissolution. Computer artwork showing how sodium chloride (salt) is dissolved in water. At left is a cubic crystal lattice made up of sodium (ora

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Salt dissolution. Computer artwork showing how sodium chloride (salt) is dissolved in water. At left is a cubic crystal lattice made up of sodium (orange) and chlorine (green) ions. When salt is added to water the negative chloride ions are attracted to water's positive hydrogen atoms (blue) and the positive sodium ions are are attracted to water's negative oxygen atoms (red).

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Size: 5000px × 3509px
Photo credit: © FRANCIS LEROY, BIOCOSMOS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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