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What are the correct charges on the ions that make up the compound calcium carbonate

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Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) has ionic bonding between calcium ion Ca2+ and a polyatomic ion, CO2−3, but within the carbonate ion (CO32-), the carbon and oxygen atoms are connected by covalent bonds

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