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Carbonate

A carbonate is a salt of carbonic acid, characterised by the presence of the carbonate ion. The name may also mean an ester of carbonic acid, an organic compound containing the carbonate group. The carbonate ion is the simplest oxocarbon anion. It consists of one carbon atom surrounded by three oxygen atoms.

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