. One of the essential minerals in the human body is salt. How much salt (NaCl) is in the average adult human body?
Answers
Salt has a great role in maintaining Homeostasis of body. an adult human contain 200 g of NaCL that makes 0.4 ℅ of the human weight.
Answer:
The Correct Answer would be 0.4%. An average human body contains 0.4% of salt within it.
Explanation:
Sodium Chloride or NaCl, which is commonly known as edible salt in households, is one of the most important as well as really common commodity that every household always have. It is a must for every kind of food. It is made up of an atom of Sodium(Na) and an atom of Chloride(Cl). Through the precipitation reaction between the most strong base and acid, NaOH and HCl, we obtain NaCl.
The human body contains many different kinds of salts, which either are or are not scientific. Sodium chloride is the major one among them all, generally making up around 0.4 % of the body's weight. Hence, a 40 kg person would contain around 160 grams of NaCl.