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Offline okgoo

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Lewis Structure
« on: January 20, 2011, 02:41:25 PM »
Hello guys!
I have to write the Lewis structure of Ca3PO4. I've done something but I dont know whether it is right. so...:
O<-P-O-Ca-O-O<-Ca                     P  ::equil:: Ca meaning P=Ca
   ::equil::
    Ca
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Re: Lewis Structure
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2011, 03:51:07 PM »
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Offline rabolisk

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Re: Lewis Structure
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2011, 03:53:33 PM »
First, you have to understand calcium phosphate is an ionic compound. All you really have to do is draw a lewis structure for the anion.
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