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It is generally said that excess salt consumption leads to water accumulation as a compensating mechanism as the cations of sodium builds up excessively.
My doubt is, if the sodium chloride (salt) consists of chloride (anions) as many as sodium (cations), don't the net effect of the increase of ions cancel each other? Why don't the chlorides give counter ion effect?
It seems I miss some important theory here. Kindly elucidate. Thanks.
My doubt is, if the sodium chloride (salt) consists of chloride (anions) as many as sodium (cations), don't the net effect of the increase of ions cancel each other? Why don't the chlorides give counter ion effect?
It seems I miss some important theory here. Kindly elucidate. Thanks.