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What are salts?

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  • Inorganic substances occur naturally in the form of salts rather than acids or bases.
  • The ionic compounds which do not contain H+ and OH ions and contain only one kind of cation and anion are called simple salts.
  • For example, Na2SO4 , K3PO4 ,CaCl2.
  • The sea is said to be a rich source of salts. In fact, the sea is a rich source of several salts of various elements such as chlorine, sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, bromine.
  • The important salts found in sea water are sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulphate, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate and magnesium bromide.


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