salt by definition is a compound created by the neutralization of an acid and a base. Both are extremely unstable-one because it lacks an electron and the other because it has an extra one. So they are, like a good marriage, attracted to each other because they solve each other's problem, complete each other, and result in an extremely stable compound.
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