Which of the following items is a salt would it be carbonate acid, calcium carbonate, and acid or sodium hydroxide?

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The item that is a salt from the list you provided is calcium carbonate.

Here's a quick breakdown of the others:

  • Carbonate acid is not a specific term; you might be referring to carbonic acid, which is an acid and not a salt.
  • Acid is a general term and does not refer to a specific substance.
  • Sodium hydroxide is a strong base, not a salt.

Salts are typically formed from the neutralization reaction between an acid and a base, and calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) is indeed a salt derived from the reaction of carbonic acid (H₂CO₃) and calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)₂).