salting out

a. The addition of sodium chloride or some other electrolyte to a solution
of a monelectrolyte to reduce the solubility of the latter. The rarer
converse effect is termed salting in. CF:salt effect
b. Addition of salt to hasten or to improve the separation of soap from
glycerol and weak lye during manufacture. Also, to hasten or to improve
the separation of sulfated oil from the residual solution after sulfating.
Kaufmann

salt mine

A mine in which rock-salt deposits are worked. See also:salina
Standard, 2

salt of tartar

Potassium carbonate, K₂ CO₃ .

salt of tin

A mordant made by dissolving tin in hydrochloric acid. Syn:tin salt;
stannous chloride. Standard, 2

saltpan

a. A shallow lake of brackish water.
b. An undrained natural depression in which water gathers and leaves a
deposit of salt on evaporation. CF:playa
Webster 3rd

saltpeter

a. Potassium nitrate. One of the principal ingredients of black blasting
powder. See:niter
b. Any earthy nitrate cave deposit.

saltpeter cave

A cave in which the earth fill contains appreciable quantities of
nitrates; once mined commercially. Syn:saltpeter earth

saltpeter earth

See:saltpeter cave

saltpit

a. A pit where salt is obtained. Syn:saltpan
b. Reservoir along a salt lake or a seacoast for making solar salt.
Kaufmann

salt plug

The salt core of a salt dome. AGI

salt prairie

See:soda prairie

salts

Reaction products of acids (HX) with bases (M.OH). M.OH + HX = MX + H (sub
2) O is the simplest formula. Pryor, 3

saltspar

Coarsely crystallized and cleavable halite. Spencer, 3

salt stock

A general term for a diapiric salt body of whatever shape. AGI

salt table

The flat upper surface of a salt stock, along which ground-water solution
leads to the formation of cap rock by freeing anhydrite (Goldman, 1952).
AGI

salt tectonics

A general term for the study of the structure and mechanism of emplacement
of salt domes and other salt-controlled structures. Syn:halokinesis
AGI

salt vein

A term applied by quarrymen to a coarse granite vein from 2 in (5 cm) to 2
ft (61 cm) or more thick, intersecting granite or any other crystalline
rock. See also:salt horse

salt wall

See:salt anticline

salt well

A drilled or dug well from which brine is obtained. See also:brine pit
AGI

saltworks

Any installation where salt is produced commercially, as by extraction
from seawater, from wells, or from the brine of salt springs.
Syn:salina; saltern. AGI

salvage

a. A layer or parting of clay or pug occurring on the wall of a vein.
CTD
b. To chemically or electrolytically remove diamonds from used diamond
bits. Long
c. To recover lost bits or drill pipe from a borehole. Long
d. To reclaim residual assets left at minesite after the mine has closed.