What is the net electric charge?

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anor277
Feb 16, 2016

The charge left on the central atom when all the bonding pairs of electrons are removed.

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See this site. Can you tell me where the formal charge lies in sulfate, or hydroxide, or carbonate anions, SO_4^(2-), or HO^-, CO_3^(2-). They should all lie on the most electronegative element.

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