SALT
The most common and known uses include hide coatings and for making adhesives, batteries, ceramics, cosmetics, dyes, explosives, greases, fertilisers, insecticides, paper, pigments, soaps, bactericides, pharmaceuticals and photographic products, detergents, alcohols, ammonia, greases, hydrochloric acid, perfumes, lubricants, ubber, rayon, plastics and synthetic fibres, among others. Also used as a nutrient or flavour enhancer in the food industry, as a preservative for meat and dairy products; in the chemical industry, in making plastics, fertilisers and glass; as a coolant and water treatment agent in industrial processes; as a warming and tempering agent in metallurgical processes and as a ice-melting element on roads in cold weather.