noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
salts
Refers to chemical salts, often used in scientific or technical contexts. Can function as a noun or as a no-adjective modifying another noun.
This water contains many salts.
Measure the concentration of salts.
salt spring
salt gland
salt flat; salt pan
saline solution; salt solution
Compound of 塩 (salt) and 類 (kind, class), literally 'salt types'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in modern Japanese as a technical word for salts.