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What is the most common salt found in ocean water?

A.
potassium

B.
calcium carbonate

C.
magnesium

D.
sodium chloride

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The correct answer is D. Hope that helps!
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User Kalpa Gunarathna
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There are several salts in sea water, but the most abundant is ordinary table salt orsodium chloride (NaCl). Sodium chloride, like other salts, dissolves in water into its ions, so this is really a question about which ions are present in the greatest concentration.
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