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Salts, solubility and preparation methods

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Salts, solubility and preparation methods

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name salts formed from hydrochloric acid, nitric acid and sulfuric acid as chlorides, nitrates and sulfates
select and explain a suitable method for preparing a soluble salt from an acid using an excess insoluble base, metal or carbonate
describe how to prepare a pure, dry soluble salt crystal by warming, reacting, filtering, evaporating and crystallising

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use solubility rules to predict whether an ionic compound will dissolve in water or form a precipitate

describe and explain the preparation of an insoluble salt by precipitation from suitable soluble solutions, followed by filtration, washing and drying

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