244. Preparation of salt
Direct combination of elements
(a) Fe + Cl₂ 🡪

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Solution

Combination reactions are those reactions in which two or more substances combine to form a single substance.
Here, Iron and Chlorine react to form a salt ferrous chloride.
The chemical equation for the reaction is as follows:
$\underset{Iron}{Fe} + \underset{Chlorine}{{Cl}_{2}} \to \underset{Ferrous chloride}{{FeCl}_{2}}$

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Answer the following questions related to salts and their preparations :

(a) What is a 'salt'?

(b) What kind of salt is prepared by precipitation?

(c) Name a salt prepared by a direct combination. Write an equation for the reaction that takes place in preparing the salt you have named.

(d) Name the procedure used to prepare a sodium salt such as sodium sulphate.

Salts are prepared by the following methods

(a) Direct combination

(b) Displacement

(d) Neutralisation of insoluble base

(e) Neutralisation of an alkali (titration)

Salt	Method of Preparation
Ammonium sulphate Calcium carbonate Iron (III) chloride Lead nitrate Zinc sulphate	E

244. PREPARATION OF SALTS

Direct combination of elements

(b) $Hg + S \to$

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