Ex. 7 Read and translate the text
What is salt?
In chemistry, a salt is an ionic compound that results from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. Salts are composed of cations (positively charged ions) and anions (negative ions) so that the product is electrically neutral (without a net charge). These ions can be inorganic, such as chloride, or organic, such as acetate; and can be monatomic, such as fluoride, or polyatomic, such as sulfate
There are several varieties of salts. Salts that hydrolyze to produce hydroxide ions when they are dissolved in water are basic salts, whilst those that hydrolyze to produce hydronium ions in water are acidic salts. Neutral salts are those that are neither acid nor basic salts. Zwitterions contain an anionic centre and a cationic centre in the same molecule, but are not salts. Examples of zwitterions include amino acids, many metabolites, peptides, and proteins. Usually, non-dissolved salts at standard temperature and pressure are solid.
Molten salts and solutions which contain dissolved salts (e.g., sodium chloride in water) are called electrolytes, as they can conduct electricity. As observed in the cytoplasm of cells, in blood, urine and mineral waters, mixtures of many different ions in solution usually do not form defined salts after evaporation of the water.
Vocabulary
a positively charged ion положительно заряженный ион
a negative charge отрицательный заряд
electrically neutral электронейтральный
without без
inorganic неорганический
chloride хлорид
acetate ацетат
monatomic одноатомный
polyatomic полиатомный
fluoride фторид
several несколько
variety вид
to hydrolyze гидролизовать
hydroxide ions ионы гидроксида
to produce образовывать
basic salts основные соли
whilst в то время как
acidic salts кислые соли
hydronium ion ион гидрония, гидроний
neutral salts нейтральные соли
zwitterion цвиттер-ион
anionic анионный
cationic катионный
a center центр
amino acids амино кислоты
a metabolite метаболит
a peptide пептид
a protein белок
electrolyte электролит
as так как
as observed как наблюдается
cytoplasm цитоплазма
a cell клетка
blood кровь
urine моча
defined определенные
evaporation испарение
to pour наливать
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