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caesium-binder ( see for ex), toxic ?, color ?-- Lamiot ( talk) 16:41, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
I propose salt (chemistry) be merged with ionic compound due to salt being synonymous with or nearly synonymous with ionic compound. OrganoMetallurgy ( talk) 00:08, 1 July 2017 (UTC) edited OrganoMetallurgy ( talk) 14:48, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
salt can be defined as a substance produced by the reason of an acid with a base. 105.113.41.96 ( talk) 12:26, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
What exactly is the difference between salt and ionic compound? This is a question about the definition.
It appears that IUPAC defines salt and ionic compound to be the exact same thing. IUPAC's salt means "a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of cations and anions", which is exactly the definition of ionic compound. Another common definition is that salt is ionic compound that can be produced by neutralization, which is a subset of ionic compound. Currently, the pages Salt and Ionic compound are effectively saying the same thing in their first paragraphs respectively. Salt is cited with IUPAC's definition (which means ionic compound), while Ionic compound is uncited.
If we are to accept the definition of IUPAC (which seems to be reasonable):
If we are to accept that salt and ionic compound are not the same thing, and salt is ionic compound that can be produced by neutralization:
This is of course on top of the mess of the definition of acid and base, that is, which acid-base theory are we subscribed to. If we are to adopt Lewis acids and bases, then again salt and ionic compound effectively means the same thing, whether we use IUPAC's definition or not.
That leads to: is there a third definition? This seems to be an important question that needs to be resolved, ideally with sources. Also, please kindly correct me if I am wrong. Thanks a lot! Throowa ( talk) 13:34, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
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caesium-binder ( see for ex), toxic ?, color ?-- Lamiot ( talk) 16:41, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
I propose salt (chemistry) be merged with ionic compound due to salt being synonymous with or nearly synonymous with ionic compound. OrganoMetallurgy ( talk) 00:08, 1 July 2017 (UTC) edited OrganoMetallurgy ( talk) 14:48, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
salt can be defined as a substance produced by the reason of an acid with a base. 105.113.41.96 ( talk) 12:26, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
What exactly is the difference between salt and ionic compound? This is a question about the definition.
It appears that IUPAC defines salt and ionic compound to be the exact same thing. IUPAC's salt means "a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of cations and anions", which is exactly the definition of ionic compound. Another common definition is that salt is ionic compound that can be produced by neutralization, which is a subset of ionic compound. Currently, the pages Salt and Ionic compound are effectively saying the same thing in their first paragraphs respectively. Salt is cited with IUPAC's definition (which means ionic compound), while Ionic compound is uncited.
If we are to accept the definition of IUPAC (which seems to be reasonable):
If we are to accept that salt and ionic compound are not the same thing, and salt is ionic compound that can be produced by neutralization:
This is of course on top of the mess of the definition of acid and base, that is, which acid-base theory are we subscribed to. If we are to adopt Lewis acids and bases, then again salt and ionic compound effectively means the same thing, whether we use IUPAC's definition or not.
That leads to: is there a third definition? This seems to be an important question that needs to be resolved, ideally with sources. Also, please kindly correct me if I am wrong. Thanks a lot! Throowa ( talk) 13:34, 19 January 2024 (UTC)