science-What is a salt?

Answer 1

In chemistry, a salt is any ionic compound composed of cations (positively charged ions) and anions (negative ions) so that the product is neutral (without a net charge). These component ions can be inorganic (Cl−) as well as organic (CH3COO−) and monoatomic (F−) as well as polyatomic ions (SO42−); they are formed when acids and bases react.

There are several varieties of salts: Normal salts are those that do not contain a hydroxide ion (OH−) or a hydrogen ion (H+). Salts that contain a hydroxide ion are basic salts and salts that contain a hydrogen ion are acid salts. Impure salts is a name for salts which have lost their saltiness, and can also refer to natrons. Zwitterions are salts that contain an anionic center and a cationic center in the same molecule; examples include amino acids, many metabolites, peptides and proteins.

When salts are dissolved in water, they are called electrolytes, and are able to conduct electricity, a property that is shared with molten salts. Mixtures of many different ions in solution—like in the cytoplasm of cells, in blood, urine, plant saps and mineral waters— usually do not form defined salts after evaporation of the water. Therefore, their salt content is given for the respective ions.

Salts can be dehydrating to the human body if consumed in excess.

It is composed of two elements namely, SoC or sodium chloride.

Answer 2

A salt is not NaCl. That is an example of a salt. The proper definition of a salt is a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or radical that acts like a metal).
In the case of NaCl, the reaction which forms this salt is:
HCl + NaOH ------> NaCl + H2O
This is because the reaction of an acid (HCl) and a base (NaOH) produces salt and water.

Answer 3

When you mix an acid and a base together they neutralize themselves. The resulting mixture is generally water and a salt. For example Hydrochloric acid (HCl) and Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) mixed together will leave H2O (water) and NaCl (Salt). Depending on the type of acid and the type of base will give you the type of salt, and then water. So the true definition of a salt is the chemical remains after an acid and a base have been neutralized.

Answer 4

Sodium chloride ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 ) or common salt is the chemical compound NaCl, composed of the elements sodium and chloride ( 1 2 3 4 ). Salt occurs naturally in many parts of the world as the mineral ( 1 2 ) halite ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ) and as mixed evaporites in salt lakes. Seawater has lots of salt; it contains an average of 2.7% (by weight) NaCl, or 78 million metric tons per cubic kilometer, an inexhaustible supply (note: seawater also contains other dissolved solids; salt represents about 77% of the Total Dissolved Solids). Underground salt deposits are found in both bedded. sedimentary layers and domal deposits. Deposits have been found to have encapsulated ancient microorganisms including bacteria. Some salt is one the surface, the dried-up residue of ancient seas like the famed Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Salt even arrives on earth from outer space in meteors and its presence on the planet Mars makes scientists think life may exist there (in fact, scientists speculate that salt-loving bacteria live in underground water on Mars -- as they have survived in suspended animation for 250 million years in Texas).

Answer 5

In chemistry, a salt is any ionic compound composed of positively charged ions and negative ions so that the product is neutral -- it has no net charge.
These compounds can be organic or inorganic.

Not to be confused with edible salt, which is sodium chloride.

Answer 6

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1. A colorless or white crystalline solid, chiefly sodium chloride, used extensively in ground or granulated form as a food seasoning and preservative. Also called common salt, table salt.
2. A chemical compound formed by replacing all or part of the hydrogen ions of an acid with metal ions or electropositive radicals.
3. salts Any of various mineral salts used as laxatives or cathartics.
4. salts Smelling salts.
5. Epsom salts. Often used in the plural.
6. An element that gives flavor or zest.
7. Sharp lively wit.
8. Informal. A sailor, especially when old or experienced.
9. A saltcellar.

adj.

1. Containing or filled with salt: a salt spray; salt tears.
2. Having a salty taste or smell: breathed the salt air.
3. Preserved in salt or a salt solution: salt mackerel.
4.
1. Flooded with seawater.
2. Found in or near such a flooded area: salt grasses.

tr.v., salt·ed, salt·ing, salts.

1. To add, treat, season, or sprinkle with salt.
2. To cure or preserve by treating with salt or a salt solution.
3. To provide salt for (deer or cattle).
4. To add zest or liveliness to: salt a lecture with anecdotes.
5. To give an appearance of value to by fraudulent means, especially to place valuable minerals in (a mine) for the purpose of deceiving.

Answer 7

a salt is a compound formed when all the replaceable hydrogen ion H+ of an acid has being replaced by a metal.e.g
NaOH+HCl------>NaCl+H2O
there are five types of salts
normal salt;NaCl
basic salt
acid salt
double salt
complex salt

Answer 8

A salt is anything that is insoluble when a double replacement reaction takes place, not solely NaCl it could be any ionic compound formed in a double replacement reaction that forma a salt and water.

Answer 9

A salt is a compound created by ionic bonding of electrons between a metal and a non metal. NaCl is an example of a salt (sodium being the metal and chlorine being the non-metal), but there are hundreds of others.

Answer 10

Basically

Sodium Chloride - NaCl

In chemistry, a salt is any ionic compound composed of cations (positively charged ions) and anions (negative ions) so that the product is neutral (without a net charge).