Practically all chemical elements can form salts.
The majority of elements, and especially metals form salts.
Metals form salts.
Metals and ammonium form generally salts.
Halogens form salts by combining with metals. Halogens are in the 17th group of the periodic table. Sodium chloride,Potassium iodide are some examples.
Pretty much any Group 1(Alkali metals) and Group 2(Alkaline Earth Metal) will form a salt when bonded with a nonmetal(right hand side of periodic table). Some transition metals also make salts.
When group 1 elements (such as lithium, sodium, potassium) react with nonmetal elements, they typically form ionic compounds. These compounds consist of a metal cation from the group 1 element and a nonmetal anion, resulting in salts like lithium chloride (LiCl), sodium fluoride (NaF), or potassium iodide (KI).
Group 17 elements, also known as the halogens, are the p block elements that react to form halides. They readily react with other elements to form salts called halides, such as sodium chloride (NaCl) and potassium iodide (KI).
The halogens are a group of elements in the periodic table consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine. They are highly reactive nonmetals that readily form salts with metals.
halogens mean salt-former halogens form inorganic salts easily
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Halogens are not salts but they are chemical elements; halogens can form salts reacting with metals.
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