Base salts or Alkali salts are salts which contain a contain a hydroxide ion. Rather than being neutral pH, as normal Salts are usually, they are weak Bases. The acidic equivalent of a base salt is an Acid salt. Where base salts are weak bases, acid salts are weak acids. The correct title of this article is pH. The initial letter is capitalized due to technical restrictions. ... For other meanings of the word salt see table salt or salt (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that strong base be merged into this article or section. ... Acid salt is a chemical compound, formed when a dibasic or tribasic acid was neutralized to some degree. ...

Salts are formed in water when Acids and bases react. They are usually neutral. For alternative meanings see acid (disambiguation). ...

Common Basic Salts

Most basic salts are also alkali salts:

• sodium hydroxide (often called "caustic soda")
• potassium hydroxide (commonly called "potash")
• lye (generic term, for either of the previous two, or even for a mixture)
• calcium carbonate (sometimes called "free lime")