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Salicyllic acid has what ionic charge?

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Step-by-step explanation:

It has no charge.

Salicylic acid is insoluble in water because it is a non-polar covalent compound.

For this reason it is a poor conductor of electricity as it has no free moving ions that would act as charge carriers.

But on the other hand salicylate which is a conjugate base of salicylic acid has a charge of -1 and can be written as C7H5O3-.

hopefully this makes sense

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