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Sodium acetate
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<p>Sodium acetate, CH3COONa, also abbreviated <a href="/facts/Sodium/eYuSPu2V">Na</a><a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">O</a><a href="/facts/Acetyl/rRmtXdn3">Ac</a>, is the <a href="/facts/Sodium/eYuSPu2V">sodium</a> <a href="/facts/Salt_(chemistry)/lsSKwGpn">salt</a> of <a href="/facts/Acetic_acid/uyBKA2Pd">acetic acid</a>. This salt is colorless, <a href="/facts/Deliquescent/1NBGewXv">deliquescent</a>, and <a href="/facts/Hygroscopy/1NBGewXv">hygroscopic</a>. </p>