What type of atom is phosphate?

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What type of atom is phosphate?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-10T09:34:28

#"Phosphate"# is not an atom but an ion radical, i.e. #PO_4^(3-)#

Explanation:

A phosphate is thus the salt of phosphoric acid, #H_3PO_4#. Because phosphates and biphosphates (#HPO_4^(2-)#) are generally insoluble, they are present in a lot of metal ores.

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