Salts and types of salts 1

Salts Salt is a compound derived from an acid by replacing all or part of the ionizable hydrogen contained in an acid by a metallic or ammonium ion. --- Most salts are neutralization products of acids and bases --- Salts therefore consists of an aggregation of positively charged metallic or ammonium ion and negatively charged ion types of salts 1. Normal salts 2. Acid salts 3. Basic salts 4. Double salts 5. Complex salts