Common table salt will also cause most plants to die too.
Scientists use it to tell how much table salt there is in water.
The result is a white powder that looks very similar to table salt.
It is, after all, a component even of table salt.
That equals about 1 teaspoon of table salt a day.
Most Americans eat 3.5 grams a day, the amount in about 1.5 teaspoons of table salt.
Table salt has around 1,000 milligrams of sodium in half a teaspoon.
Common table salt dissolves in water but not at all concentrations.
The former is simple table salt and is the more dangerous of the two.
For this purpose, table salt can also be used.