How would you name the following polyatomic ion: NO3-?

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How would you name the following polyatomic ion: NO3-?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-22T06:24:47

$N O_{3}^{-}$ $NO_3^-$ is the nitrate ion.

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Nitrate is the counterion of nitric acid. Nitrate salts tend to be soluble in aqueous solution. The Lewis structure of nitrate ion is interesting because a formal positive charge lies on the nitrogen, and 2 formal negative charges are carried by the oxygens. This Lewis structure need not be known at A levels.

$O = N^{+} {(O^{-})}_{2}^{-}$ $O=N^(+)(O^-)_2$ , i.e. the counterion to nitric acid, $O = N^{+} (O^{-}) (- O H)$ $O=N^(+)(O^-)(-OH)$ .

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