Thursday, March 25, 2010

Definition and Classification of Salts

A salt is made up of 2 parts: A positive cation from a METAL/AMMONIUM and a negative anion from an ACID

The Table given below classifies all salts into SOLUBLE or INSOLUBLE salts.



Classification of a salt is VERY important. It will determine the method you will choose when preparing a salt. Follow the following flowchart to determine which method to use to prepare the salt you have in mind.




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