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Acetate is not any single substance, but a group or ion found in certain esters and salts. It is composed of the nonmetals hydrogen, oxygen and carbon.
Because it is not an element it cannot properly be considered a metal or a nonmetal.
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∙ 6y agoAcetates are salts.
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