The salts include a long series of compounds resulting from the effect of certain acids on some compounds containing elements, most notably sodium, magnesium and potassium chlorides, as well as sodium carbonate, potassium, magnesium and others...

In addition to the importance of salts for human life, they play an important role in industrial fields such as chemical industries and in the production of caustic soda and potash, which are used in the manufacture of detergents, paper and others.
Many sabkhas are spread in the Libyan state in separate areas containing various local deposits, such as sodium salts (table salt).
And Trona and salts of both potassium and magnesium, some of which have been invested and industrial complexes have been established on them, and there are still many salts that have not been invested yet.