Chemical function
- Name
- Carbonate anion
- Explicit name
- Carbonate(2-) anion
- Comments
- mineral anionic radical $(CO_3)^{2-}$
- Formula
- $(CO_3)^{2-}$
- Chemical formula
- (CO3)2-
- Structural formula
- [O-][C](=O)[O-]
- Charge
- -2
- Unpaired electrons
- 0
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance