Salt

: This article is about the general chemical term salt. For the everyday meaning, see edible salt or its main ingredient, sodium chloride. For other meanings of the word salt, see salt (disambiguation).

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Edible salt - Sodium chloride - Salt (disambiguation)

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In chemistry, salt is a term used for ionic compounds composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. These ions can be inorganic (Cl-) as well as organic (CH3-COO-) and monoatomic (F-) as well as polyatomic ions (SO42-).

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Chemistry - Ionic compound - Charge - Cation - Anion - Neutral - Inorganic - Organic - Polyatomic ion

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Solutions of salts in water are called electrolytes. Electrolytes as well as molten salts conduct electricity.

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Electrolyte - Electricity

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Zwitterions are salts that contain an anionic center and a cationic center in the same molecule, examples are the amino acids, many metabolites, peptides, and proteins.

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Zwitterion - Molecule - Amino acid - Metabolite - Peptide - Proteins

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Mixtures of many different ions in solution like in the cytoplasm of cells, in blood, urine, plant saps, and mineral waters usually do not form defined salts after evaporation of the water. Therefore their salt content is given for the respective ions.

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Cytoplasm - Cell - Blood - Urine - Mineral water

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Impure salt is a name for salt which has lost its saltiness. It can also refer to natron.

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