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What does an -ite or -ate ending in a polyatomic ion mean?


Sulfur is in the formula.


Nitrogen is in the formula.


Bromine is in the formula.


Oxygen is in the formula.

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premedchemist

An -ate polyatomic is one that contains oxygen, and an -ite has one of the oxygen atoms removed from the -ate form. For example, chlorate would be ClO3-, and chlorite would be ClO2-. For both, the suffixes mean that oxygen is in the formula.

mpanderla95

The ite or ate ending in a polyatomic would refer to the presence of oxygen in the chemical formula.

For example
nitrate = NO3 - or sulphate = (SO4)^-2.

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