“Brine is a solution of sodium chloride and water that may or may not contain other salts.”

“In the laboratory the normal method of methane preparation is to combine one part sodium acetate and two parts sodium hydroxide.”

“Calcium chloride or sodium chloride are the most commonly used accelerators.”

“In table salt, sodium atoms donate one electron each to chlorine atoms, making the sodiums positively charged ions and the chlorines negatively charged ions.”