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Definition of a Salt
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Scratch-:
What exactly is the definition of a salt? I want to make a collection of salt crystals and I'm not sure what the definition is.
Edit: edited title for better indexing. Mitch
Mitch:
Anything that has an ionic bond is loosely called a salt. Na+Cl- as a typical example.
Scratch-:
Err... I just discovered that about half my chemistry knowledge has gone down the drain in the last year. Lol
Donaldson Tan:
A salt is formed when a proton of a bronsted acid is replaced by a cation.
scratch: I have stopped schooling for almost 2.5years already. I should be more brain-rusty than you.
;D
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Yeah but I never had most of the knowlege to begin with. :P
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