Double salt

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Double salts are salts containing more than one cation or anion. They form when more than one salt is dissolved in a liquid and when together they crystallize in a regular pattern. A well-known double salt is alum containing two cations, sodium and aluminum and a sulphate anion. Other examples are potassium sodium tartrate and bromlite.

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