salt

ionic compound composed of cations and anions
ChemicalSubstance structural_class_of_chemical_entities Q12370
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salt

Summary

salt is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. salt ranks in the top 2% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,215 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • salt's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • salt is a type of ionic compound[4].
  • salt is a type of mineral substance[5].
  • salt is part of response to salt[6].
  • salt is part of cellular response to salt[7].
  • salt is part of salt transmembrane transporter activity[8].
  • salt's Commons category is recorded as Salts[9].
  • salt's said to be the same as is recorded as ionic compound[10].
  • salt comprises anion[11].
  • salt comprises cation[12].
  • salt's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Salts[13].
  • salt's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • salt's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • salt's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • salt's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[17].
  • salt's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • salt's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[19].
  • salt's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[20].
  • salt's name in kana is recorded as えん[21].
  • salt's different from is recorded as sodium chloride[22].
  • salt's different from is recorded as table salt[23].
  • salt's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[24].
  • salt's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for salt include polyhalite[26], a mineral species[27]; Salina[28], a town in the United States[29], in United States[30]; aphthitalite[31], a mineral species[32]; and halotrichite[33], a mineral species[34].

Why It Matters

salt ranks in the top 2% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,215 views/month).[2] salt has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] salt is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for salt include polyhalite[26], a mineral species[27]; Salina[28], a town in the United States[29], in United States[30]; aphthitalite[31], a mineral species[32]; and halotrichite[33], a mineral species[34].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Compendium of Chemical Terminology. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Compendium of Chemical Terminology. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Piotr Osada · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of poland mms id 9810676084205606
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7293]]: 9810676084205606"
  2. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Instance of
    Said to be the same as ionic compound
    Aliases
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1853, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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