Can you have two different polyatomic ions in a compound?

Polyatomic ions are ions made up of two or more atoms that have a net positive or negative charge. Polyatomic ions can either be negatively charged (anions) or positively charged (cations). And yes, It is possible to have a compound with two polyatomic ions.

It is possible to have a compound with two polyatomic ions because these ions can bond with each other . When a positively charged polyatomic ion, such as ammonium ion (NH4+), bonds with a negatively charged polyatomic ion, such as nitrate ion (NO3-), the resulting compound is called ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3). Similarly, when ammonium ion (NH4+) bonds with phosphate ion (PO43-), the resulting compound is called ammonium phosphate (NH4)3PO4.

In an ionic compound, the charges of the ions must balance out . This means that the number of positive charges must equal the number of negative charges. In the case of ammonium nitrate and ammonium phosphate, the charges balance out because the ammonium ion (NH4+) has a charge of +1, while the nitrate ion (NO3-) has a charge of -1 . This results in a balanced compound with no net charge.

[najmakhan]

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[henryelicker]

Excellent video as always, Dr. B. I would also like to comment that a lot of students, seeing that these types of compounds have all nonmetals, right away think they are covalent - as they lack a metal atom in addition to the nonmetals present. But indeed, these are certainly an exception to that generalization. Perhaps others might be wondering about that too. I'd say it's worthwhile, then, to mention to students that ionic compounds are not ionic because they are metal + nonmetal, but because they are made of ions. It's just that they are *very* commonly metal + nonmetal. Anyway, thank you!

[Bot_Stories_]

Is this possible to do with all possible polyatomic ions and if so how?

[nirmalmishra]

Sir it is a huge request to make a brief video on a 3-electron bond(where we represent 3 electrons above a covalent bond like in the case of NO) which is somewhat mentioned in Linus Pauling's book.And if possible do consider the Singlet linkage theory

[tientaicao]

hey, ur videos are amazing, can u tell me how to balance this:
naoh+h3po4->nah2po4+na2hpo4+h2o, and Do you think I should memorize the equilibrium coefficients of the above equation?

[АринаСавицкая-тл]

In what class are you studying this information? in Russia, we’ve been studying this since the beginning of high school