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Identify the acid and the base from which sodium chloride is obtained. Which type of
salt is it? When is it called rock salt? How is rock salt formed?

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Acid - Hydrochloric acid (HCl) ""Base - Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH)
Sodium chloride is a neutral salt as pH of its aqueous solution is 7.
Deposits of salt are large crystals that are often brown due to impurities. This is called rock salt.
Beds of rock salt were formed when seas of bygone ages dried up.
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