Is salt water an element compound or mixture?

Salt water is a mixture of NaCl and H2O. Salt dissolve into water because the ion of the NaCl attract by the hydroden bond in the water.But it is not reacting to the water to form any compound. Experiment your can try to prove this : 1 cup of salt water. Boil the salt water. When all water is boiled. You will find some crystal on the bottom of you cup. read more

In chemistry, salt is a category of chemical compounds that consist of a metal and an anion (which is conjugate base of an acid). Sometimes there can be more than one metal or more than one anion, or both. By this definition, salt is neither an element, a compound, nor a mixture. It's just a category. read more

Common table salt, without any of the extra ingredients that may be added to the retail food product, is a compound comprised of the metallic element sodium and the non-metallic element chlorine. read more