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Yes, the cation in a salt is a metal or ammonium.

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What are inorganic metal salts?

Metal salts that contain no carbon except as carbonate/bicarbonate.


What is main ingredients of the salts?

Salts contain a cation (metal or ammonium) and an anion (a nonmetal etc.).


What are nonmetallic salts?

Practically all salts contain a metal; exceptions, for example, are ammonium salts.


Where can you find metallic salts?

All salts contain a cation which is generally a metal or ammonium.


Do phosphate salts contain carbon?

No. They contain phosphorus, oxygen, and usually a metal.


What are Mineral salts?

Two main components: a metal (or ammonium) as cation and an anion.


What are most salts made from?

Salts contain a cation (metal or ammonium) and an anion derived from an acid.


What types of elements are salts composed of?

Salts contain a cation (generally ammonium or a metal) and an anion.


What is metal salts?

Examples are: nitrates, chlorides, sulfates, phosphates and many other.


What element do all salts have?

A salt contain a cation (metal or ammonium) and an anion.


What categories of element are found in salts?

Salts contain a cation and an anion; the cation is a metal or ammonium, anions are also very different.


Are there any metal elements in salt?

All inorganic salts are composed of a metal ion (or an ammonium ion) and an acid radical ion. Table salt for example is composed of a sodium ion and a chlorine ion (the radical ion of hydrochloric acid).Organic salts (called esters) may or may not contain a metal ion. Organic salts that do not contain a metal ion, its role is taken by an alkaloid radical ion.