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No. Epsom salt (usually "Epsom Salts" as if plural) is a salt: magnesium sulphate. Washing soda is sodium carbonate, an alkali. Two totally different compounds.

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Both sodium chloride and Epsom salts are types of salts. They are both crystalline solids at room temperature and can dissolve in water. However, they have different chemical compositions, with sodium chloride composed of sodium and chlorine ions, while Epsom salts are composed of magnesium and sulfate ions.

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No. Epsom salts is magnesium sulfate. Aquarium salts contain a variety of salts including sodium chloride.

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No. Magnesium sulphide is a compoud formed from Mg and S but Magnesium sulphate is made from Mg and SO42+ (sulphate ion).

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Yes, Epsom salt is the more properly known as Magnesium Sulfate.

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Sodium chloride is NaCl.

Epsom salt is MgSO4.7H2O

So both are different.

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Sea salt is sodium chloride - NaCl.

Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate - MgSO4.7H2O.

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Magnesium sulphatemay be anhdrous MgSO4, while natural epsom salt is MgSO4.7H2O

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No, they are different.

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