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Grade 12Inorganic Chemistry

What is double salt????

Profile image of Abdullah Zeeshan
15 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer15 Years ago

Those compounds which losts their identity in aqueous soln are called double salts.

Profile image of SAGAR SINGH - IIT DELHI
15 Years ago

Dear abdullah,

A salt that crystallizes from an aqueous solution of a mixture of two different ions. The mineral dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2), for example, is a double salt that crystallizes from a solution containing both calcium and magnesium ions. Double salts exist only as solids.

 

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