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Is CaCO3 a salt

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"Salt" is the common name for sodium chloride, used in cookery etc.

In chemistry a salt is produced by the reaction of an acid with an hydroxide- in the case of sodium chloride the acid is hydrochloric acid and the hydroxide is sodium hydroxide.

Calcite, calcium carbonate, CaCO3, is als a salt- and is precipitated when calcium hydroxide is reacted with carbonic acid, H2CO3

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calcium carbonate is a salt. it is a basic salt but it is a salt...

a salt is defined as the neutralization product of an acid and a base

Ca(OH)2 + H2CO3 ---> CaCO3 + H2O

base + acid ----> salt + water

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