20 Examples of Mineral Salts (and their functions)

The Mineral salts they are a type of inorganic compound. All salts are combinations of cations and anions. When none of the cations or anions that make up a salt are organic, the salt is said to be mineral (inorganic). For example: ammonium chloride, sodium carbonate, potassium iodide.

Mineral salts fulfill functions in living beings, since they intervene in biochemical reactions, in addition to regulating acidity (pH) and osmotic pressure. The human being needs to incorporate through food a series of minerals that cannot be made by the body itself and that is why they are called essential minerals.

Other minerals are also required in less quantity.

When a mineral salt is found dissolved in water, is ionized.

In living beings, mineral salts can be found in three forms:

However, they also have other uses. For example, they are used to add to water when making immersion baths, so that they emanate a characteristic perfume. They are also used to treat skin diseases: acne, mushrooms, infections, bites of insects and psoriasis.

Examples of mineral salts

1. Sulfur-containing salts. Sulfides, zinc sulfide (ZnS) and antimony (III) sulfide (Sb₂S₃). Sulfates, sodium sulfate (Na₂SW₄) and calcium sulfate (CaSO₄).
2. Ammonium salts (dissolved). Ammonium chloride (NH₄Cl).
3. Bicarbonates (dissolved). Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃) and calcium bicarbonate (Ca (HCO₃)₂).
4. Calcium salts. Calcium chloride (CaCl₂) and calcium bromide (CaBr₂).
5. Calcium carbonate (precipitated, in shells and exoskeletons of Marine animals). Thief₃.
6. Carbonates. Sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃) and magnesium carbonate (MgCO₃).
7. Chlorides. Sodium chloride (NaCl) and potassium chloride (KCl).
8. Chromium salts. Chromium (III) chloride (CrCl₃).
9. Fluorides. Potassium fluoride (KF) and calcium fluoride (CaF₂).
10. Phosphates (dissolved). Trisodium phosphate (Na₃PO₄).
11. Calcium phosphate (precipitous, in skeletons of vertebrates). (AC₃(PO₄)₂).
12. Iron salts. Iron (III) chloride (FeCl₃) and iron (II) sulfate (FeSO₄).
13. Magnesium salts. Magnesium sulfate (MgSO₄).
14. Potassium salts (dissolved). Potassium bromide (KBr).
15. Selenium salts. Sodium selenide (Na₂I know).
16. Sodium salts. Sodium chloride (NaCl).
17. Silicates (precipitated, in animal shells and structures of some plants). Sodium silicate (Na₂Yes₃).
18. Iodides. Sodium iodide (NaI) and potassium iodide (KI).
19. Zinc salts. Zinc sulfate (ZnSO₄) and zinc chloride (ZnCl₂).

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