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How do salts get their names​

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The name of a salt is derived on the basis of the reactants involved in its preparation. The salts are named after the metal supplied by the base and the radical supplied by the acid. Example 1: Sodium chloride (common salt) is formed from hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide.

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Its based on a few reasons. The color, smell, use, or also the location that it was found in. And in other cases just named purely by the person who discovered it.

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