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Salts are made of metal ions and nonmetal ions.

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What is main ingredients of the salts?

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


What are Mineral salts?

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


When acids and bases react do they form compounds called salts which are made of a metal and a nonmetal?

Yes, this is true; the reaction is called neutralization.


How are the salts named?

Salts made of a metal and a nonmetal are named this way: [metal] [nonmetal root]-ide Examples: sodium + chlorine = sodium chloride potassium + iodine = potassium iodide Salts made from a metal or other complex cation and a nonmetal or other complex anion are named based on the cation and anion names: ------------------------------- ammonium ion + hydroxide ion = ammonium hydroxide sodium ion + hypochlorite ion = sodium hypochlorite calcium ion + chloride ion = calcium chloride


What Nonmetal that is highly reactive with a metal?

Chlorine is a nonmetal that is highly reactive with metals. It can form salts with metals through a chemical reaction known as metal chlorides.


What type of chemical bonds that holds between a metal and a nonmetal?

For example salts have an ionic bond.


Is sodium oxide metal or nonmetal?

Sodium oxide is a compound made up of the metal sodium and the nonmetal oxygen. Sodium is a metal, while oxygen is a nonmetal.


Is matter made of metal or nonmetal?

No.


Most salts are binary ionic compounds. A.True?

True. Most salts are binary ionic compounds composed of a metal cation and a nonmetal anion.


All salts are formed from an acid and base?

Salts are formed from the reaction between an acid and a base, where the hydrogen ions from the acid are replaced by metal or ammonium ions. The resulting product is a salt and water. This chemical process is known as neutralization.


When acids and bases react they form compounds called salts which are made of a metal and a nonmetal?

Yes, it is true; the reaction is called neutralization.


Is all matter made of metal or nonmetal?

No.