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Alkali metal halide
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<p>Alkali metal halides, or alkali halides, are the family of <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compounds</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> MX, where M is an <a href="/facts/Alkali_metal/IkWbCLk2">alkali metal</a> and X is a <a href="/facts/Halogen/YeFgWHeA">halogen</a>. These compounds are the often commercially significant sources of these metals and halides. The best known of these compounds is <a href="/facts/Sodium_chloride/MWcXl3Mb">sodium chloride</a>, <a href="/facts/Table_salt/SCplalQ3">table salt</a>. </p>