A Salt Is the Ionic Product of an Acid-Base Reaction

A SALT IS THE IONIC PRODUCT OF AN ACID-BASE REACTION 

In everyday language, the word jrt/r implies sodium chloride, NaCl, table salt. In the language of chemistry, however, salt is a general term meaning any ionic compound formed from the reaction between an acid and a base. Hydrogen chloride and sodium hydroxide, for example, react to produce the salt sodium chloride and waten 

Similarly, the reaction between hydrogen chloride and potassium hydroxide yields the salt potassium chloride and water  

There are as many salts as there are acids and bases. Sodium cyanide, NaCN, is a deadly poison. Saltpeter, which is potassium nitrate, KNO3, is useful as a fertilizer and in the formulation of gunpowder. Calcium chloride, CaClj, is used to deice roads, and sodium fluoride, NaF in toothpaste, prevents tooth decay. The acid-base reactions forming these salts are shown in Table 10.1. 

TABLE 10.1 ACID-BASE REACTIONS AND THE SALTS FORMED 

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