Question

Freshman in clooege decides to try her hand at pickling olives. According to the recipe, she needs to add 3 tsps. of salt to 1 cup diced olives. She erroneously adds 6 tsps instead. Each tsp weighs about 5g and contains 2300 mg of sodium. Determine the amount of sodium added in grams and state the chemical formula of salt and classify as ionic, polar covalent or non-polar covalent.

Answer 1

6 tsp x (2300 mg Na/tsp) = mg Na added. Convert to grams.
NaCl is an ionic compound.

Answer 2

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