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Where does salt collide?

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salt3 CONSTRUCTSChemical saltIUPAC · IONIC COMPOUNDCryptographic saltMORRIS · PASSWORD HASHDietary saltHE · DIETARY SODIUM

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Chemistry

an ionic compound of a cation and an anion, typically produced when an acid reacts with a base.

An ionic compound made of a cation and an anion held together by electrostatic attraction, typically the product of a reaction between an acid and a base in which the acid's hydrogen is replaced by a metal or other cation: common table salt, sodium chloride, is the familiar example, but the class covers any such neutral ionic solid. The IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology defines a salt as a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of cations and anions. The referent is a substance defined by its ionic bonding and composition, described by formula and structure, and it is not random data added to a password, a seasoning eaten with food, or a bed of rock in the ground.[1]

Unit
An ionic compound of a cation and an anion, by chemical formula and structure
Recovery means
Recovered from solution by evaporating the solvent so that the ions crystallise into a solid lattice
Measured by
Identified by its chemical formula and crystal structure, and characterised by melting point, solubility, and conductivity in solution

Cryptography and security

random data added to a password before hashing so that identical passwords yield different stored hashes.

Random data added to a password before it is hashed, so that two identical passwords produce different stored hashes and an attacker cannot use a single precomputed table to reverse many accounts at once. Morris and Thompson's 1979 Password security: a case history described adding a small random salt to each password in the early Unix scheme, so that the same password would encrypt to one of many possible results. The referent is a defensive value stored alongside a hash, described by its length in bits of randomness, and it has nothing in common with an ionic compound, a dietary mineral, or an evaporite rock beyond the four letters.[2]

Unit
Random data added to a secret before hashing, in bits of entropy
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Specified by its length in bits and the quality of the randomness used to generate it

Nutrition and food science

sodium chloride used to season and preserve food, plus its dietary sodium, linked in excess to raised blood pressure.

Sodium chloride used to season and preserve food, and, by extension, the dietary sodium it supplies, which the body needs in small amounts but which is linked to raised blood pressure when eaten in excess. He and MacGregor's 2009 A comprehensive review on salt and health reviewed the evidence linking population salt intake to blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, and the programmes aimed at reducing it. The referent is an ingredient and a nutrient, counted in grams eaten per day, and it is not the general chemical class of ionic compounds, a random value in a hashing scheme, or a rock deposit underground.[3]

Unit
Sodium chloride as food, and dietary sodium, in grams eaten per day
Recovery means
The kidneys regulate the body's sodium, excreting the excess in urine to hold the balance roughly steady
Measured by
Estimated from dietary surveys and, more reliably, from the sodium excreted in a 24-hour urine collection

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References

  1. McNaught, A. D., & Wilkinson, A. (1997). Compendium of chemical terminology: IUPAC recommendations (2nd ed.). Blackwell Scientific Publications. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook
  2. Morris, R., & Thompson, K. (1979). Password security: A case history. Communications of the ACM, 22(11), 594–597. https://doi.org/10.1145/359168.359172
  3. He, F. J., & MacGregor, G. A. (2009). A comprehensive review on salt and health and current experience of worldwide salt reduction programmes. Journal of Human Hypertension, 23(6), 363–384. https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2008.144

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