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salt
[noun]
Generally, any ionic compound except those that contain hydroxide or hydrogen ions. Specifically, any compound other than water formed by the reaction of an acid and a base. In common usage, the term salt, or table salt, refers to the ionic compound sodium chloride, NaCl.
Appears in modules:
- Acids and Bases II Conjugate ions and buffers
- An Elegant Experiment to Test the Process of DNA Replication The work of Meselsohn and Stahl
- Atomic Theory II Ions, neutrons, isotopes and quantum theory
- Chemical Bonding Ionic and covalent bonds and polarity
- Chemical Equations Using shorthand to show balanced reactions
- Chemical Reactions Types of reactions and the laws that govern them
- Defining Minerals Composition and crystal structure
- Diffusion I Random molecular movement and influences on diffusion rate
- Factors that Control Earth's Temperature Energy from the sun and greenhouse gases
- Gene Expression Enzymes and hereditary conditions
- Introduction to Inferential Statistics Describing patterns and relationships in datasets
- Lipids Composition, structure, and function
- Origins of Life I Early ideas and experiments
- Properties of Liquids Intermolecular forces, cohesion, adhesion, and viscosity
- Properties of Solids The influence of crystal structure on behavior
- Solutions Molarity, solubility, and colligative properties
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