Exploring Salts: Properties and Reactions
This worksheet covers the properties, formation, and uses of various salts, including their role in everyday life and chemical reactions.
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Exploring Salts: Properties and Reactions
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for calculations.
1. Which of the following is NOT a general property of salts?
High melting and boiling points
Good conductors of electricity in solid state
Soluble in water
Formed from the reaction of an acid and a base
2. The chemical formula for sodium chloride is:
NaOH
HCl
NaCl
H2O
3. Salts are ionic compounds formed from the neutralization reaction between an acid and a .
4. When dissolved in water, salts dissociate into positive and negative .
5. The common name for sodium bicarbonate is .
6. Describe two common uses of salts in everyday life, other than as a food seasoning.
7. All salts are soluble in water.
True
False
8. The pH of a salt solution is always neutral (pH 7).
True
False
9. Observe the image of mineral crystals below. Based on your understanding of salts, what type of bonding is typically found in these structures, and how does this relate to their physical properties?
Match each salt with its common use.
10. Calcium Carbonate
a. Water softening
11. Potassium Iodide
b. Antacid
12. Magnesium Sulfate
c. Table salt additive
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