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nitrate ion  

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  • Nitrate is a polyatomic ion with the chemical formula NO3− . Salts containing this ion are called nitrates. Nitrates are common components of fertilizers and explosives. Almost all inorganic nitrates are soluble in water. An example of an insoluble nitrate is bismuth oxynitrate. The nitrate anion is the conjugate base of nitric acid, consisting of one central nitrogen atom surrounded by three identically bonded oxygen atoms in a trigonal planar arrangement. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrate)

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