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Old February 23rd, 2010, 08:43
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Hi villam01,

There are three calcium atoms and there are two (PO4) ions.

Each PO4 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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