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what is salt... how its nature determined brief explanation......​

Answer 1

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Salts are ionic compounds that contain two groups of positively charged ions (H+) and negatively charged ions (OH-). In chemistry, salt is produced when acids and bases are combined together in equal proportions. Whereas naturally, salt is found in sea water. The process where acids and bases neutralize each other to form salt and water is known as neutralization. The chemical formula of common salt is NaCl. NaCl stands for Sodium Chloride. Salt has many uses. For e.g. salt is used for cooking, salt is used during the production of toothpaste, plastic, soaps, bleaches, etc. The pH of salt is 7 which means that it is neutral in nature i.e. it is neither acidic nor basic.

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Properties of Salt

Salt is made up of Sodium and Chlorine.

Salt has negatively charged ions (OH-) and positively charged ions (H+).

Due to their oppositely charged ions, the ions are attracted towards each other with an electrostatic force of attraction which is called an ionic bond.

An equal number of opposite charges makes the ionic compounds neutral with no charge.

Salt water is a good conductor of electricity.

Salts are ionic in nature due to the presence of ions.

They are brittle, hard and crystalline solids.

Salt is white, odorless and it has a salty taste.

All potassium (K), ammonium (NH4+) and sodium (Na) salts are soluble in water (H2O).

Nitrites, nitrates, and bicarbonates can be dissolved in water.

All metallic oxides, metallic carbonates, hydroxides, phosphates, and sulphides are insoluble in water.

Types of Salts

The following are the different kinds of salt :

Normal salt

Normal salts are electrically neutral. They are formed when acids and bases neutralize, and these salts don’t have replaceable hydrogen or hydroxyl in their formula. Metallic ions replace the hydrogen ions completely. For e.g. NaCl, KNO3, CuSO4 etc.

Basic salt

Salt formed due to partial replacement of hydroxy radicals of a diacidic base or a triacidic base with an acid radical. This kind of acid consists of hydroxyl, metallic cation and anion of an acid. For e.g. basic Zinc chloride, basic magnesium chloride, ZnOHCL etc.

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Answer 2

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In chemistry, a salt is any neutral chemical compound made of cations (positive ions) attached to anions (negative ions).

A pH less than 7 indicates an acidic solution, a pH greater than 7 indicates a basic solution, and a pH of 7 indicates a neutral solution.