Glossary · Chemistry
Salt
In chemistry, any compound made of positive and negative ions, formed when an acid reacts with a base. Table salt is just one of them.
Where it comes up
Icillion has 1 prompt where this comes up, accepting 28 answers between them. 20 of those sit in The Deep or further down.
Examples
From the prompt “Name an inorganic salt”, the familiar end of the list:
- Sodium chloride
- Potassium chloride
- Calcium carbonate
- Sodium carbonate
- Sodium bicarbonate
- Magnesium sulfate
- Copper sulfate
- Silver nitrate
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