Salt Bae Has Nothing On Ionic Romance

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Salt Bae Has Nothing On Ionic Romance

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Clinical chemistry has forever ruined my ability to see sodium and chloride ions without imagining them in an eternal ionic love affair! These two oppositely charged particles are literally the Romeo and Juliet of electrolytes - desperately attracted to each other, forming table salt in a passionate chemical bond. The drawing captures their electrostatic romance perfectly, with Na+ and Cl- embracing in what can only be described as the world's saltiest relationship. Next time you season your food, remember you're basically sprinkling tiny ionic couples all over your dinner. Chemistry: making even salt seem inappropriately intimate since 1807!

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