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How can we identify the name of salt formed after neutralization of an acid and a base?
Salts and neutralization
When an acid and a base are placed together, they react to neutralize the acid and base properties, producing a salt. The H(+) cation of the acid combines with the OH(-) anion of the base to form water. The compound formed by the cation of the base and the anion of the acid is called a salt.
Identifying the name of salt after neutralization
Taking the example of the reaction of HCl hydrochloric acid with NaOH sodium hydroxide base, the salt name comes from the positive ion of the base i.e., sodium and the negative ion of the acid i.e., chloride ion of the acid. So the salt name is here sodium chloride
Table salt's chemical name is sodium chloride. Sodium chloride, which is obtained by neutralization of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide, is a neutral salt. Neutralization of any strong acid with a strong base always gives a neutral salt.
Acid salts are a class of salts that produce an acidic solution after being dissolved in a solvent. Its formation as a substance has a greater electrical conductivity than that of the pure solvent. An acidic solution formed by acid salt is made during partial neutralization of diprotic or polyprotic acids.
How can we tell if a chemical is salt?
If the substance is a salt its cation will be a spectator. Thus the basic salts will be composed of a spectator ion like sodium, Na+, potassium, K+ or something like that and an anion that is the conjugate base of the acid. They can be identified as they are the same compound as the weak acid but they are "missing" a H+ ion.
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