Chemical function
- Name
- Phosphate anion
- Explicit name
- Phosphate(3-) anion
- Comments
- mineral anionic radical $(PO_4)^{3-}$
- Formula
- $(PO_4)^{3-}$
- Chemical formula
- (PO4)3-
- Structural formula
- [O-][P](=O)([O-])[O-]
- Charge
- -3
- Unpaired electrons
- 0
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance