Is Nitrate (NO3-) an example of a polyatomic ion?

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Is Nitrate (NO3-) an example of a polyatomic ion?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-16T17:15:17

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You gots $N O_{3}^{-}$ $NO_3^(-)$ ..and a Lewis structure of this anion would be of the form of … $O = + N {(- O^{-})}_{2}^{-}$ $O=stackrel+N(-O^(-))_2$ ...the nitrogen is quaternized and BEARS a formal positive charge....and TWO of the oxygen atoms bear a formal negative charge. The overall charge of the ion is $- 1$ $-1$ , and all the oxygen atoms are equivalent by resonance.

Other examples of polyatomic ions include sulfate, $S O_{4}^{2 -}$ $SO_4^(2-)$ , perchlorate, $C l O_{4}^{-}$ $ClO_4^(-)$ , and biphosphate, $H P O_{4}^{2 -}$ $HPO_4^(2-)$ ...

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