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Yes. Sodium (Na+) has a 1+ charge while the sulfate (SO42-) has a 2- charge. That makes the molecule ionic.

But because the sulfate ion (SO42-) is composed of 2 non-metals, S and O, that makes it a covalent bond.

Therefore, it contains both ionic and covalent bonding.

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Yes.

There are covalent bond within the phosphate ion (PO43-) which forms ionic bonds with the sodium ions (Na+)

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