The properties of salts can be best described by the following statements:
- Crystalline solids: Salts typically form crystalline structures.
- Product of neutralization: Salts are formed when an acid reacts with a base (neutralization reaction).
- Soluble in water: Many salts are soluble in water, although not all.
- Conduct electricity: When dissolved in water, salts dissociate into ions, allowing the solution to conduct electricity.
- High melting points: Salts usually have high melting points due to the strong ionic bonds between their constituent ions.
The statements slippery feeling, corrosive, and made from hydrogen and hydroxide ions are not generally applicable to all salts. The slippery feeling is more characteristic of bases, corrosiveness can vary among different salts, and salts are not typically formed directly from hydrogen and hydroxide ions (that situation would specifically refer to alkali metal hydroxides forming salts).