Salts

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– give examples of salts occurring in nature
– give examples of some uses of salts
– discuss the dissociation of salts and specify the types of ion present in a solution of a salt
– describe the reaction between a metal and an acid at the macroscopic and microscopic levels
– discuss precipitation reactions, using appropriate examples
– classify some common salts as soluble or insoluble
– describe the thermal decomposition of carbonates.