Understanding Salts and Their Formation

This page introduces the fundamental concepts of sali binari e ternari nomenclatura and their formation processes. Salts are compounds formed when hydrogen atoms in acids are replaced by metal atoms.

Definition: Salts are chemical compounds formed through the substitution of hydrogen atoms in acids with metal atoms.

Highlight: There are three main types of salts: neutral, double, and hydrated complex salts.

Binary Salts (composti binari esempi):

• Composed of a metal and non-metal
• Follow specific IUPAC naming conventions using -ure suffix
• Utilize numerical prefixes for precise composition

Example: NaCl is named sodium chloride (IUPAC: chlorure of sodium) Example: Al₂S₃ is named trissulfure of dialuminium

The Stock notation system:

Example: SnCl₄ becomes chlorure of tin(IV)

Traditional nomenclature system:

Vocabulary: Uses suffixes -ous (lower oxidation state) and -ic (higher oxidation state) Example: FeCl₂ (ferrous chloride) and FeCl₃ (ferric chloride)