Answer. Characteristic properties of salts are as follows
. Salts are ionic compounds found in crystalline form.
. They have high melting and boiling points.
(iii). Most of the salts contain water of crystallization which is responsible for the shape of the crystals. Numbers of molecules of water are specific for each salt and they are written with the chemical formula of a salt. For example,
Copper sulphate CuSO4.5H2O; Calcium sulphate CaSO4.2H2O
(iv) . Salts are neutral compounds. Although, they do not compose of equal number of positive and negative ions, but have equal number of positive and negative charges.