10.3 Salts

Salts are ionic compounds generally formed by the neutralization of an acid with a base.

Salts are made up of positive ions (cations) and negative ions (anions). A cation is metallic ion derived from a base, therefore, it is called basic radical. While anion is derived from an acid, therefore, it is called acid radical.

A salt gets its name from the names of the metal and the acid as shown in Table 10.4.