Salts are generally products of reactions between bases and acids.
In salts are ionic bonds.
Two common salts are sodium chloride and magnesium sulfate heptahydrate.
Salts are ionic compounds.
All salts are ionic compound.
Only some salts have hydrates, not all. These salts contain in the formula water of crystallization.
Of course, it is very common.
Rock Salt , and Sea Salt
sodium chloride sodium fluoride
NaCl - Sodium Chloride - table salt
Salts are the products of a reaction between an acid and a base; a common example: NaOH + HCl = NaCl + H2O
The family that combines with metals to form salts is the halogen family. There are other nonmetals that can be mixed with metals to form salts, but halogens are the most common.
Common salt is Sodium Chloride, NaCl