Trouble with Metal Salts!!

[OverlordCris]

What is a Metal Salt, How is it created, and How is it used? There isn't a resource that is reasonably accessible to me that way I can read up on the matter, so can someone help me understand the entire concept of metal salts in depth?

[hypervalent_iodine]

Are you familiar with different forms of chemical bonds at all? 

[OverlordCris]

Yes, I am.

[hypervalent_iodine]

23 minutes ago, OverlordCris said:

Yes, I am.

So you know what an ionic bond is?

[OverlordCris]

Yes, I do.

[hypervalent_iodine]

Just now, OverlordCris said:

Yes, I do.

Then I'm not entirely sure where your confusion is. 

[OverlordCris]

2 minutes ago, hypervalent_iodine said:

Then I'm not entirely sure where your confusion is. 

I am not sure how they relate and what a metal salt is.

[hypervalent_iodine]

4 minutes ago, OverlordCris said:

I am not sure how they relate and what a metal salt is.

Could you describe to me how you would define an ionic bond? Do you know what a salt is? Could you give an example of a metal salt that you have in mind? 

[OverlordCris]

12 minutes ago, hypervalent_iodine said:

Could you describe to me how you would define an ionic bond? Do you know what a salt is? Could you give an example of a metal salt that you have in mind? 

I believe a ionic bond is the transfer electrons between the atoms in question that switch the charge of the elements. No, I don't know what a salt is and I don't have an example.

[hypervalent_iodine]

1 minute ago, OverlordCris said:

I believe a ionic bond is the transfer electrons between the atoms in question that switch the charge of the elements. No, I don't know what a salt is and I don't have an example.

It doesn't really switch their charge, but you are correct that it is a bond that forms when one atom gives up its electrons to another. The compound that results from this is called a salt. For example, sodium chloride (table salt), which is otherwise written as NaCl. It forms when sodium gives up an electron to a chlorine, placing a positive charge on the sodium and a negative charge on the chloride ion (i.e. Na⁺ Cl^-). Inorganic metal salts are generally continuous lattice structures consisting of repeating units of whatever the chemical formula is. I'm sure if you google salts or ionic bonds you will find lots of information.