Multiple choice

Which of these is not a salt?

  1. magnesium sulphate

  2. iron sulphide

  3. tin chloride

  4. zinc nitrate
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B Correct answer
Explanation

A salt is typically an ionic compound formed from the neutralization of an acid and a base. Iron sulphide is a binary compound of a metal and a non-metal, but it is generally classified as a sulphide rather than a salt in the context of acid-base chemistry.

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