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Why are the reagents used to test for cations usually alkali metal salts or ammonium salts rather than salts of other metals?
Alkali metal salts and ammonium salts are used to test for cations because they are highly soluble in water and do not form insoluble precipitates with common anions. This allows for a clear identification of the cations present in a solution. Other metal salts may form insoluble precipitates with anions, making it difficult to detect the cations accurately.
What do salts do when they are dissolved into water?
They are dissociated in cations and anions.
What is a similarity between metals and salts?
All salts contain as a cation a metal (or ammonium).
Cations that are insoluble halide salts?
Silver, lead, and mercury cations commonly form insoluble halide salts such as silver chloride (AgCl), lead(II) chloride (PbCl2), and mercury(I) chloride (Hg2Cl2). These salts are sparingly soluble in water and form precipitates when halide ions are added to their solutions.
Are all salts elements?
No, salts are not elements. Salts are ionic compounds composed of positively charged ions (cations) and negatively charged ions (anions) that are held together by electrostatic forces. These ions can be composed of different elements from the periodic table.
How are salts and ions related?
Salts contain cations and anions.
Why are the reagents used to test for cations usually alkali metal salts or ammonium salts rather than salts of other metals?
Alkali metal salts and ammonium salts are used to test for cations because they are highly soluble in water and do not form insoluble precipitates with common anions. This allows for a clear identification of the cations present in a solution. Other metal salts may form insoluble precipitates with anions, making it difficult to detect the cations accurately.
What do salts do when they are dissolved into water?
They are dissociated in cations and anions.
How are salts different?
The cations and anions are specific for each salt.
How is salt inorganic?
salts are made of cations and anions and are hence inorganic. Also there is no carbon involved in salts
What is the difference in valence electrons of cations which produce colored salts and colorless salts?
well the difference is that the electrons that stick together are the ones that produce the colourless salts and the ones that are rebounded off each other pruduce the salts that have colour in them
What is a similarity between metals and salts?
All salts contain as a cation a metal (or ammonium).
Cations that are insoluble halide salts?
Silver, lead, and mercury cations commonly form insoluble halide salts such as silver chloride (AgCl), lead(II) chloride (PbCl2), and mercury(I) chloride (Hg2Cl2). These salts are sparingly soluble in water and form precipitates when halide ions are added to their solutions.
What type of compound does cations and anions compose?
Cations and anions compse ionic chemical compounds.
What kind of compounds produce ions in solution?
Salts produce (metallic) positive catIONS and negative anIONS (of non-metals)
Salts of alkaline earth metals are less soluble than salts of alkali metals because?
A higher cation charge concentrated on the smaller cations makes it hard to pull apart ionic lattices
Are all salts elements?
No, salts are not elements. Salts are ionic compounds composed of positively charged ions (cations) and negatively charged ions (anions) that are held together by electrostatic forces. These ions can be composed of different elements from the periodic table.
