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its just some some type of compound look at the Periodic Table butthead

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Q: How can you tell if a substance contains a carbonate ion?
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Is CO2 a carbonate?

No. A carbonate is a substance that contains either the carbonate ion or the bicarbonate ion.


Does carbonate have calcium carbonate in it?

No. The carbonate ion contains only carbon and oxygen. Since it is a negative ion, it must combine with some positive ion. If that positive ion is calcium, you get calcium carbonate.


What compound will be formed between copper ion and carbonate ion?

Copper and carbonate ions form copper carbonate. In practice, copper carbonate usually contains hydroxide ions as well.


Is graphite a carbonate?

No, it is made our of pure carbon. A carbonate contains both carbon and oxygen, usually in the carbonate (CO32-) ion.


Is a carbonate ion acid or alkali?

Alkaline substance, it's a weak base


What are the names and formulas for the two ions into which sodium hydrogen carbonate separates?

NaHCO3, sodium hydrogen carbonate, or sodium bicarbonate, or baking soda, contains the positively charged sodium ion, Na+, and the negatively charged hydrogen carbonate ion, or bicarbonate ion, HCO3-.


What polyatomic anion that contains carbon and has a charge of 2?

carbonate ion (CO3-2)


What polyatomic anion contains carbon and has a charge of 2?

carbonate ion (CO3-2)


Na2CO3 contains what ions or molecules?

Sodium carbonate contains sodium ions, Na+ and carbonate ions, CO32- All compounds with the sodium ion are soluble and will dissolve forming ions. The dissociation reaction (the reaction showing an ionic substance dissolving into its ions) is: Na2CO3 -->2Na+(aq) + CO32-(aq)


What is the carbonate ion in CaCO3?

The carbonate ion is (CO3)-.


Is carbonate ion a monatomic ion?

No. The carbonate is a polyatomic ion with the formula CO32-


Is potassium also called potash?

No potash is potassium carbonate, which contains the potassium (K+) ion