EL7

Salts

  • Ionic compounds

  • Many salts critical to health

  • Many are soluble

Formation of Salts

  • More \(CO_{2}\) dissolving in water lowers pH, dissolving shells

Common Acids

  • Sulphuric, \(H_{2}SO_{4}\)

  • Hydrochloric, \(HCl\)

  • Nitric, \(HNO_{3}\)

  • Ethanoic (or Acetic), \(CH_{3}COOH\)