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Which salt is the most common found in ocean water?

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Answer: sodium chloride

Explanation: There are several salts in seawater, but the most abundant is ordinary table salt or sodium chloride (NaCl). Sodium chloride, like other salts, dissolves in water into its ions, so this is really a question about which ions are present in the greatest concentration. Sodium chloride dissociates into Na+ and Cl- ions.

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pretty sure it’s chloride
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