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These symbols are the standardized symbols for chemical elements: some examples are Na, K, Li, Ca, Mg, Th, Cu, Fe etc.
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What are inorganic metal salts?
Metal salts that contain no carbon except as carbonate/bicarbonate.
Is Salts made of a metal and a nonmetal?
Salts are made of metal ions and nonmetal ions.
Name two properties of metal salts?
- all metal salts are ionic compounds - many salts are soluble in water and are dissociated
What is the symbol for the metal in salt?
Common table salt is NaCl I think, hence the metal of the salt will be sodium (Na)
What are Mineral salts?
Two main components: a metal (or ammonium) as cation and an anion.
What do metal oxides form?
Metal Salts + water
What are nonmetallic salts?
Practically all salts contain a metal; exceptions, for example, are ammonium salts.
Why are metal oxides not categorized as salts?
Salts are not only compounds of oxygen.
What do salts produce when heated?
- some salts as NaCl can be melted - other salts as Na2CO3 are thermally decomposed, obtaining a metal oxide
What are compounds composed of a metal and a non-metal known as?
salts
How are metal salts produced?
Salts are the products of reactions between an acid and a base.
Do salts contain a metal?
Yes, the cation in a salt is a metal or ammonium.
