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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a salt of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in chemistry to refer to a compound formed from the reaction of an acid and a base, often indicating a specific type of chemical substance.
Example: "Sodium chloride is a common example of a salt of sodium."
Alternatives: "a compound of" or "a derivative of".
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Ammonium nitrate, (NH4NO3), a salt of ammonia and nitric acid, used widely in fertilizers and explosives.
More commonly, a salt of the metal is reduced in the presence of the ligand.
While in Paris, Liebig investigated the dangerous explosive silver fulminate, a salt of fulminic acid.
Sodium nitrite, NaNO2, is an important example of a nitrite that is, a salt of nitrous acid.
Ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3), a salt of ammonia and nitric acid, is the most common nitrogenous component of artificial fertilizers.
The selected API was ibuprofen sodium dihydrate, a salt of ibuprofen with improved bioavailability and poor intrinsic compactibility.
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He seems like a salt-of-the-earth sort.
Wade's narrative persona is a salt-of-the earth guy with a sensitive soul.
He meets a salt-of-the-earth corporal who helps him back to the German lines.
Supporters say she was a maverick reformer, a salt-of-the-earth true believer who bucked the establishment elite.
It's sometimes truth, sometimes half-truth, but if I say it with a salt-of-the-earth Brummie accent and a mile-wide grin, it usually works.
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