Question

What is a ternary ionic compound?

Answer 1

Not all ionic compound are composed of only monatomic ionic a ternary ionic compound is an ionic compound composed of three element in a typical ternary ionic compound there is still one type of cation and one type of anion involved the cation the anion or both is a polyatomic ion

Answer 2

In inorganic chemistry, a ternary compound is a compound containing three different elements. An example is sodium phosphate, Na3PO4. The sodium ion has a charge of 1+ and the phosphate ion has a charge of 3-. Therefore, three sodium ions are needed to balance the charge of one phosphate ion

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