Is Lead Carbonate Ionic or molecular?

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Is Lead Carbonate Ionic or molecular?

2007-09-30 08:43:23 · 1 answers · asked by Asa 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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You appear to misunderstand the meaning of molecular and ionic.

Lead carbonate is a molecule (PbCO3). Carbonates are poor solutes and so do not readily dissolve in water. However, the lead in is oxidation state two (Pb2+) and the carbonate anion is CO32-. As a molecular these two ions combine together under electrostatic attraction (opposite charges - like N & S poles of magnets).

Ionic is one of three types of bonding. The other two are covalent and metallic lattice.

2007-09-30 08:51:10 · answer #1 · answered by lenpol7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋