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Summary
salt is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. salt ranks in the top 2% of structural class of chemical entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,473 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: ionic compound[3], mineral substance[4]
- Part of: response to salt[5], cellular response to salt[6], salt transmembrane transporter activity[7]
- Commons category: Salts[8]
- Said to be the same as: ionic compound[9]
- Has part(s): anion[10], cation[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Salts[12]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Pauly–Wissowa[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[19]
- Name in kana: えん[20]
- Different from: sodium chloride[21], table salt[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[23], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for salt include polyhalite[25], a mineral species[26]; Salina[27], a town in the United States[28], in United States[29]; halotrichite[30], a mineral species[31]; and aphthitalite[32], a mineral species[33].
Why It Matters
salt has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] salt is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Entities named for salt include polyhalite[25], a mineral species[26]; Salina[27], a town in the United States[28], in United States[29]; halotrichite[30], a mineral species[31]; and aphthitalite[32], a mineral species[33].