Rock Cycle - Chemistry (4)
Lab 

PROBLEM: Are all types of commercially used salt (halite), cubic?

PREDICTION:

PROCEDURE: You have 6 samples of salt from the Cargill Salt Company in Newark, California. They commercially produce salt for food, animals, and water conditioning.

Look at the following examples of salt under a microscope. Draw the shapes you see. State what commercial purpose you think each type may have.

MILL FEED

 

 

 

 

BLENDING

GRANULATED

 

 

 

 

PELLETS

MEDIUM

 

 

 

 

BAKERS

CONCLUSION: Which samples maintain the cubic shape? Why might some samples not have a cubic shape?

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