Salt, a common form of which is chemically known as sodium chloride, was one the essential chemical compounds for the creation of life. As well as being essential for the life processes of many races and cultures, it was also the most common spice in the galaxy.

On planet M-113, the M-113 creatures had evolved the ability to drain salt from a prey's bodies via suckers on their hands, and it would sustain them for a time. When the crew of the USS Enterprise encountered the last surviving creature in 2266, several crewmen were killed. (TOS episode: "The Man Trap")

See alsoEdit

• Bonneville Salt Flats
• ice salt
• salt back
• sea salt
• suck salt
• napathic salt
• Nimian sea salt

External linksEdit

• Salt article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Sodium chloride article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.