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  2. Asín tibuok - Wikipedia

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    Asín tibuók literally means "unbroken salt" or "whole salt" in the Cebuano language of the Boholano people. It is the name of the salt in the island of Bohol. [ 8] Similar salt-making traditions also exist in Guimaras island and the neighboring province of Capiz in Panay Island. In Guimaras, it is known as túltul or tul-tul, meaning "lump ...

  3. Salt industry in Las Piñas - Wikipedia

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    Description. Tableau marker located at Bulwagang Ezekiel Moreno. The salt bed, located on a 3,000 square-meter property in Barangay Pulang Lupa I, can produce an average of 45 to 50 kilos of rock salt daily. [3] During harvest time, the scenery of Las Piñas was filled with small pyramids of white crystals.

  4. Iodised salt - Wikipedia

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    An example of a commonly distributed packet of iodized salt. Iodised salt ( also spelled iodized salt) is table salt mixed with a minute amount of various salts of the element iodine. The ingestion of iodine prevents iodine deficiency. Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects about two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of ...

  5. Quintal - Wikipedia

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    Quintal. The quintal or centner is a historical unit of mass in many countries which is usually defined as 100 base units, such as pounds or kilograms. [ 1] It is a traditional unit of weight in France, Portugal, and Spain and their former colonies. It is commonly used for grain prices in wholesale markets in Ethiopia, Eritrea and India, where ...

  6. History of salt - Wikipedia

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    Salt, also referred to as table salt or by its chemical formula NaCl (sodium chloride), is an ionic compound made of sodium and chloride ions. All life depends on its chemical properties to survive. It has been used by humans for thousands of years, from food preservation to seasoning. Salt's ability to preserve food was a founding contributor ...

  7. List of countries by salt production - Wikipedia

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    The six leading salt producers in the world, China, the United States, India, Germany, Canada, and Australia, account for more than half of the worldwide production. The first table includes data by the British Geological Survey (BGS) for countries with available statistics. The second table includes data by the United States Geological Survey ...

  8. Salinity - Wikipedia

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    Salinity ( / səˈlɪnɪti /) is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity ). It is usually measured in g/L or g/kg (grams of salt per liter/kilogram of water; the latter is dimensionless and equal to ‰). Salinity is an important factor in determining many aspects of the ...

  9. List of edible salts - Wikipedia

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    Sea salt flakes harvested in the River Blackwater, Essex, UK. [8] Maras salt: Sea Salt ponds are more commonly found on coastal plains, filled with seawater from the incoming tide. The ones in Peru are at an altitude of 3,000 metres. It’s a long way to the ocean, but it wasn’t always so; this impressive mountain range was once part the sea ...