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Table salt is made of a chlorine ion and a sodium ion. Sodium is a metal, and chlorine is a nonmetal. Salt on its own is neither; it is an ionic compound. Table salt is a salt. We use the term salt to mean table salt very often, but in chemistry, we have to refine our use of the term to include some other ideas. A salt is what results from the combination of an acid and a base. (Water is also produced.) Table salt, sodium chloride (NaCl), is one of many salts. Just for starters, any Group 1 or Group 2 metal combined with any halogen (the Group 17 nonmetals) forms a salt. And there are more. Remember to consider in what application you're using the term "salt" so you can plug into the right set of ideas. If we're talking about salt in the kitchen or on a cooking show, that's sodium chloride or table salt. In the chemistry lab, we've just used a general term that we have yet to make more specific.
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∙ 15y agoTable salt is made of a chlorine ion and a sodium ion. Sodium is a metal, and chlorine is a nonmetal. Salt on its own is neither; it is an ionic compound. Table salt is a salt. We use the term salt to mean table salt very often, but in chemistry, we have to refine our use of the term to include some other ideas. A salt is what results from the combination of an acid and a base. (Water is also produced.) Table salt, sodium chloride (NaCl), is one of many salts. Just for starters, any Group 1 or Group 2 metal combined with any halogen (the Group 17 nonmetals) forms a salt. And there are more. Remember to consider in what application you're using the term "salt" so you can plug into the right set of ideas. If we're talking about salt in the kitchen or on a cooking show, that's sodium chloride or table salt. In the chemistry lab, we've just used a general term that we have yet to make more specific.
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∙ 11y agoTable salt is sodium chloride, NaCl. It is a chemical compound of two elements, sodium, (a metal) and chlorine (a non-metal)
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∙ 14y agoSodium chloride (NaCl) is a salt.
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∙ 13y agono they are not made of metal x
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Metal oxide plus nonmetal oxide equals?
salt
Combining metal carbonate with a nonmetal oxide will yield?
Ternary Salt
Sodium metal can react with the nonmetal chlorine to form what?
NaCl, which is table salt.
Is CaBr2 an acid base or salt?
It is the combination of a metal (other than hydrogen) and a nonmetal, forming a salt.
Is sodium and chlorine pair form ionic bond?
Yes. It is because Sodium is a metal and Chlorine is a nonmetal and all metal-nonmetal bonds are ionic. This compound is common table salt.
What combination forms a salt two nonmetals two metal a metal and nonmetal or a nonmetal and a noble gas?
A metal and a nonmetal; but exceptions exist.
Does salt contain a metal and a nonmetal?
Yes. Salt contains a metal ion and a nonmetal ion bonded together by an ionic bond.
What a metal tends to form with a nonmetal?
A metal and a non-metal tend to form a salt.
Is salt a non metal mineral?
salt is an ionic compound of the metal sodium (Na) and the nonmetal clorine (Cl)
Metal oxide plus nonmetal oxide equals?
salt
Combining metal carbonate with a nonmetal oxide will yield?
Ternary Salt
What is main ingredients of the salts?
Salts contain a cation (metal or ammonium) and an anion (a nonmetal etc.).
Is salt a nonmetal or a metalloid?
Salt is a compound of Sodium (Na) and of Chlorine (Cl), thus, it is a nonmetal because it is a compound of 2 nonmetals. Na is not a nonmetal it is a highly active metal. This can be easily googled.
Is the element sodium a metal nonmetal or metalloid?
Salt is a compound of Sodium (Na) and of Chlorine (Cl), thus, it is a nonmetal because it is a compound of 2 nonmetals. Na is not a nonmetal it is a highly active metal. This can be easily googled.
Sodium metal can react with the nonmetal chlorine to form what?
NaCl, which is table salt.
Is CaBr2 an acid base or salt?
It is the combination of a metal (other than hydrogen) and a nonmetal, forming a salt.
When a metal reacts with a nonmetal are the substances good conductors of electric current?
The product of a metal reacting with a nonmetal is a salt; in solid form these do not conduct electricity well, but dissolved in water they do.
