Ordinary common salt contains another substances which is deliquescent. Name the substances and write it's formula.

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Ordinary common salt contains some impurities of Magnesium chloride which is a deliquescent substance (tending to absorb moisture). This makes the common salt unstable in the rainy season and the formula of magnesium chloride is MgCl₂.

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