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Why does salt taste salty?
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Why does salt taste salty?
Why does salt taste salty?
30 May 2017
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) explains why salt tastes salty based on how different sized charged ions in a salt compound interact with our tongues.
Listen: BBC World Service 'CrowdScience' (from 2 mins)
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