Lapices De Colores

ALUMINIUM PURIFICATION Salt is used as a flux. The salt sits on top of the molten aluminium in molten salt form, this removes iron and other metals from aluminium leaving pure metal.
BREAD ANDPASTRY Salt is used to give added flavour to bread and pastry. The main requirement here is that the product, either flossy or superfine, is clean and free from any extraneous matter. Salt also performs afunction in controlling the rate at which the yeast works in the dough, giving a better texture to the bread.
CANNING OF MEAT AND VEGETABLES Salt is added to the products during processing and it isessential in these cases that the salt be free of grit, and particularly free of any specks or iron particles as these show up in the finished product.
CAUSTIC/CHLORINE MANUFACTURE The conversion ofsalt to form caustic soda and chlorine requires a crude salt with very high chemical purity. Salt is dissolved to form brine and the impurities are removed chemically before the brine passes into theelectrolytic cells.
CHEESE MANUFACTURE Most cheese today is made on automatic machines and salting must be carried out in a continuous process. The salt used must be extremely dry at all times andcontain virtually no fines beyond 60 mesh.
DRILLING Salt is used to mix with boring mud which is pumped down bore holes to form a wall when drilling through gravel or sandy material which will notstand up on its own.
FISH & MEAT CURING This is usually carried out by dissolving salt to form a strong brine to act as a pickle. The products may be placed in the pickle, or in many cases thepickle is pumped into the actual meat (such as in the case of bacon and ham). Salt for these purposes should be refined grades, clean and of high quality.
GENERAL COOKING Fine salt is used for all sortsof cooking and is similar to table salt, without the addition of Sodium Silico Aluminate.
HIDE CURING Hides and sheep skins are normally salted with a reasonably low quality salt. Hide salts are...