Sodium nitrate has the empirical formula NaNO3

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · A Level · Chemistry · Bonding · Bonding

Problem

Sodium nitrate has the empirical formula NaNO3. Identify (i) the bonding type between Na+ and the nitrate ion and (ii) the bonding type among the atoms within the nitrate ion.

Related theory

Covalent Bonding
Ionic Bonding
Kossel-Lewis approach
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
Electrovalent bonding
The ionic model

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