The name of a salt starts with the name of the cation (e.g., sodium or ammonium) followed by the name of the anion (e.g., chloride or acetate). Salts are often referred to only by the name of the cation (e.g., sodium salt or ammonium salt) or by the name of the anion (e.g., chloride salt or acetate salt).

How do salts get their names?

The name of a salt has two parts. The first part comes from the metal, metal oxide or metal carbonate. The second part comes from the acid. … hydrochloric acid always produces salts that end in chloride and contain the chloride ion, Cl.

What are the salt names?

Name of the saltChemical formulaNegative ionSodium chlorideNaClCl−Magnesium sulphateMgSO4SO2−4Calcium carbonateCaCO3