Making Salts

Question 1

What is a definition of a salt?

Answer 1

A salt is a substance formed during a chemical reaction between a metal element and an acid.

Question 2

What is the other definition of a salt?

Answer 2

A salt can also be the reaction of an acid with a compound that contains metal.

Question 3

Give an example of making a salt.

Answer 3

Magnesium (mg) + hydrochloric acid = magnesium chloride +hydrogen.