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February 23rd, 2010, 08:43
jeffy
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Hi villam01,
There are three calcium atoms and there are two (PO
4
) ions.
Each PO
4
ion contains one phosphorus atom and 4 oxygen atoms, so each ion contains five non-metal atoms.
Since there are two ions, you have 2 x 5 = 10 non-metal atoms.
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