Walking the other day in the park, I saw my old acquaintances. Having joined the company, she unwittingly took part in their earlier discussion. The topic was not one of the most familiar - a non-humanitarian profile. But I became interested and involuntarily listened, trying to delve into the conversation. Already very passionately friends communicated. They were talking about some curious chemical. I, as a person terribly far from science, thought that the speaker had made a mistake by using an incomprehensible name - “s alt of pestilence”. Maybe he just misspoke, or I misheard myself. Apparently, we are talking about the s alt of the sea, and on this subject I was recently enlightened by my friend, who returned from a tour in Israel.
There she had a nice rest on the shores of the Dead Sea, and now she has become a zealous activist in the use of cosmetics based on sea minerals and s alts. I also brought a large jar of edible sea s alt from my trip. She propagandized to me all the benefits of eating just such s alt, enriched with iodine and trace elements.
Intrigued, I asked if Dead Sea s alt was meant. But it turned out that for the first time Iheard correctly. The topic of conversation was not the sea. Mentioned was, indeed, Mora's s alt. It was explained to me that this is a chemical substance of inorganic origin, which has the appearance of crystals of a pale blue-green color. I bet they didn't expect me to remember that when they called mora s alt "double iron ammonium sulfate crystalline hydrate." Therefore, they explained that otherwise the substance is called double ammonium sulfate and ferrous oxide.
Short name - mora s alt (formula FeSO4×(NH4)2 SO4×6H2O and the internationally recognized name "Mohr's s alt" were spied on the Internet in the evening). Main components: iron, sulfur, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen. The presence of foreign impurities (chlorine, manganese, copper, lead and some others) is allowed in micro-parts.
The substance is able to dissolve in water and acids (to a greater extent). In air it is a stable compound. It finds application in many industries. For example, in chemistry - to analyze the concentration of a substance in solutions (for potassium permanganate - to establish the titer, in the volumetric determination of vanadium, chromium, ether and ethyl alcohol). S alt has also been used in woodworking - a highly concentrated solution is used to impregnate wood to prevent decay.
During the current conversation, the topic of the use of Mohr's s alt in pharmacology and medicine was touched upon. It can be used as a dietary supplement as well asuse to increase the number of blood cells by increasing the level of hemoglobin in the blood. It is also used to detect urobilin in the urine, a substance that indicates problems with the kidneys. The usefulness of this s alt is due to the significant content of ferrous oxide, which can be easily absorbed by the human body.
It seemed funny that for the second time in one week different people tell me about the benefits of unusual s alt. Apparently, this is a sign that you need to pay closer attention to your he alth and start eating not just table s alt, but something more useful. Not Mora - only a doctor can prescribe this supplement, but at least I’ll switch to iodized if I can’t get Israeli. Or maybe I’ll even buy mineral s alt from the Dead Sea to take baths with it to calm my nerves.
