Salt (chemistry)
= Salt
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= Salt
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= Ionic compound
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A <salt> is an assembly of <cations> and <anions> with zero total <electric charge>. Its constituents can be single <chemical atoms> or groups joined internally by <covalent bonds>. Thus <ionic bonding> and <covalent bonds> can occur in the same <chemical substance>, at different structural levels.<Chemistry 2e>[§2.6, polyatomic ions and ionic compounds]{ref}