Question

Classify the following salts as family of salts having same cation or anion and prepare a table. Potassium sulphate, Sodium sulphate, Calcium sulphate, Magnesium sulphate, Copper sulphate, Sodium chloride, Sodium nitrate, Sodium carbonate and Ammonium chloride.

Answer 1

Family of salts	Cation/ anion	Name of the salts
1) Sulphate family	Sulphate (SO42-)	Potassium sulphate, sodium sulphate, Calcium sulphate, Magnesium sulphate, Copper sulphate.
2) Chloride family	Chloride (Cl-)	Sodium chloride, Ammonium chloride
3) Sodium family	Sodium ion (Na+)	Sodium sulphate, Sodium Chloride, Sodium nitrate, Sodium carbonate.