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What two factors determine the name of a salt formed from an acid and a base?

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What two factors determine the name of a salt formed from an acid and a base?: The acid used, and the metal in the base or alkali.
What salt family does hydrochloric acid produce?: Chlorides.
What salt family does nitric acid produce?: Nitrates.
What salt family does sulfuric acid produce?: Sulfates.
Name the salt formed from sodium hydroxide + hydrochloric acid.: Sodium chloride.
Name the salt formed from copper oxide + sulfuric acid.: Copper sulfate.
Name the salt formed from potassium hydroxide + nitric acid.: Potassium nitrate.
What type of salt forms when ammonia reacts with an acid instead of a metal base?: An ammonium salt, e.g. ammonium nitrate.
Define a salt.: A compound formed when the hydrogen ion of an acid is replaced by a metal or ammonium ion.
Which part of a salt's name comes from the metal, and which from the acid?: The metal name comes first; the acid-derived ending (chloride/nitrate/sulfate) comes second.
Name the salt formed from magnesium oxide + hydrochloric acid.: Magnesium chloride.
What is a common spelling mistake to avoid with sulfuric acid salts?: Writing 'sulphate' or confusing it with 'sulfite'/'sulfide' — the correct spelling is 'sulfate'.