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SALTS

 SALT :-

Salt is one of the most common ingredients used in almost all the food items. You consume salt every day. This is why its called “common salt’. But what is the science behind this ingredient? How is salt formed? What are the different kinds of salts? Let’s find out more about salts.


What is Salt ?

Salts are ionic compounds that contain two groups of positively charged ions (H+) and negatively charged ions (OH-). In chemistry, salt is produced when acids and bases are combined together in equal proportions. Whereas naturally, salt is found in sea water. The process where acids and bases neutralize each other to form salt and water is known as neutralization. The chemical formula of common salt is NaCl. NaCl stands for Sodium Chloride. The pH of salt is 7 which means that it is neutral in nature i.e. it is neither acidic nor basic.

Properties of Salt

  • Salt is made up of Sodium and Chlorine.
  • Salt has negatively charged ions (OH-) and positively charged ions (H+).
  • Due to their oppositely charged ions, the ions are attracted towards each other with an electrostatic force of attraction which is called an ionic bond.
  • An equal number of opposite charges makes the ionic compounds neutral with no charge.
  • Salt water is a good conductor of electricity.
  • Salts are ionic in nature due to the presence of ions.
  • They are brittle, hard and crystalline solids.
  • Salt is white, odorless and it has a salty taste.
  • All potassium (K), ammonium (NH4+) and sodium (Na) salts are soluble in water (H2O).
  • Nitrites, nitrates, and bicarbonates can be dissolved in water.
  • All metallic oxides, metallic carbonates, hydroxides, phosphates, and sulphides are insoluble in water.

Types of Salts

Normal salt

Normal salts are electrically neutral. They are formed when acids and bases neutralize, and these salts don’t have replaceable hydrogen or hydroxyl in their formula. Metallic ions replace the hydrogen ions completely.  For e.g. NaCl, KNO3, CuSO4 etc. The pH value of normal salt is equal to 7


Basic salt

Salt formed due to partial replacement of hydroxy radicals of a diacidic base or a triacidic base with an acid radical. This kind of acid consists of hydroxyl, metallic cation and anion of an acid.  For e.g. basic Zinc chloride, basic magnesium chloride, ZnOHCL etc.The pH value of basic salt is more than 7.


Acidic salt

If a polybasic acid is neutralized partly by a base, the salt formed is acidic. In other words, such salt is produced by the replacement of only a part of the acidic hydrogen of the polybasic acid by a metal.  For e.g. NaHSO4,  NaHS, NaHCO3 etc. The pH value of acidic salt is less than 7.


Double salt

Double salts have more than one cation or anion. They’re a crystalline salt having the composition of a mixture of two simple salts but with a different crystal structure from either. For e.g. bromlite, potassium sodium tartrate, aluminium sulfacetate etc.


Mixed salt

A mixed salt is a salt made from more than one base or acid.  For e.g. sodium potassium sulphate, bleaching powder etc.


Complex salt

Salt formed due to combining a saturated solution of simple salts followed by crystallization of the solution similar to double salts. For e.g. Sodium silver cyanide, potassium mercuric iodide etc.


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