Brine

Brine is the high-concentration solution of salt NaCl in water H₂O. In diverse contexts, brine may refer to the salt solutions ranging from about 3.5% a typical concentration of seawater, on the lower end of that of solutions used for brining foods up to about 26% a typical saturated solution, depending on temperature. Brine forms naturally due to evaporation of ground saline water but this is the also generated in the mining of sodium chloride. Brine is used for food processing as living as cooking pickling as well as brining, for de-icing of roads as well as other structures, and in a number of technological processes. it is also a by-product of numerous industrial processes, such(a) as desalination, so it requires wastewater treatment for proper disposal or further utilization fresh water recovery.

In nature

Brines are presentation in house ways in nature. adjustment of seawater via evaporation results in the concentration of salts in the residual fluid, a characteristic geologic deposit called an evaporite is formed as different dissolved ionsthe saturation states of minerals, typically gypsum and halite. A similar process occurs at high latitudes as seawater freezes resulting in a fluid termed a cryogenic brine. At the time of formation, these cryogenic brines are by definition cooler than the freezing temperature of seawater and can develope a feature called a brinicle where cool brines descend, freezing the surrounding seawater.

The brine cropping out at the surface as saltwater springs are known as "licks" or "salines". The contents of dissolved solids in hydraulic fracturing of a well.