Salt - Visual Summary

This a Visual Summary based on a Wikipedia article about  Salt.   The Visual Summary is your dynamic guide through the key topics and summaries. To navigate the Visual Summary:  v click on any + or - next to a keyword in the map  v or click on the Expand All or Collapse All buttons.   To create your own Visual Summaries try FREE WikiSummarizer.    This is a link to the  Salt Visual Summary created by WikiSummarizer.  Key summaries:  Salt, also known as table salt, or rock salt, is a mineral that is composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of ionic salts.  Salt is one of the oldest, most ubiquitous food seasonings and salting is an important method of food preservation.  The taste of salt (saltiness) is one of the basic human tastes.  Salt for human consumption is produced in different forms: unrefined salt (such as sea salt), refined salt (table salt), and iodized salt.  Chloride and sodium ions, the two major components of salt, are needed by all known living creatures in small quantities.  However, as salt consumption has increased during modern times, scientists have become aware of the health risks associated with too much salt intake, including high blood pressure.  Completely raw sea salt is bitter because of magnesium and calcium compounds, and thus is rarely eaten. Brine being boiled down to produce salt at the Xinhai Well  About  WikiSummarizer WikiSummarizer is a Web-based summarization portal that summarizes Wikipedia articles and presents the results as a Visual Summary, a Tree View, and a Keyword Cloud. The Visual Summary can be navigated in any browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android devices. The Keyword Cloud is linked with Wikipedia Knowledge Base. When you click on the keyword in the cloud you will be presented with an instant Visual Summary.  The keywords and summaries are easily exported to other applications such as word editors, browsers, mind mapping applications like Mindjet MindManager, MindGenius, XMind, and any other mind mapping application.If you would like to summarize any web pages and documents you can try WebSummarizer. For more information about installing WikiSummarizer for your organization or as a cloud server please contact wikisummarizer@contextdiscovery.com