Making Salts/Family of Salts:
When it comes to neutralization reactions, what is produced, depends on what you put in. The type of acids you use for the reaction, affects the type of salt produced. You get a salt produced and water during these reactions. The different families of salts are:
Chlorides: They are made when you use hydrochloric acid.
Chlorides: They are made when you use hydrochloric acid.
- A reaction between sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid makes (yields) sodium chloride and water.
- HCL + NaOH → NaCl + H2O = Hydrochloric acid+ Sodium hydroxide → Sodium Chloride + Water
- P.S. this is table salt that is produced, so you can eat it!
Sulfates: They are made using sulfuric acid.
Nitrates: They are made using nitric acid
Carbonates:They are made using carbonic acid
- A reaction between an acid like sulfuric acid and a base creates a salt that names the base and then sulfate. An example is potassium sulfate
Nitrates: They are made using nitric acid
- A reaction between an acid like nitric acid and a base creates a salt that names the base and then nitrate. An example of this is lithium nitrate.
Carbonates:They are made using carbonic acid
- A reaction between an acid like carbonic acid and a base create a salt that names the base and then carbonate. An example of this is aluminum carbonate.