Xavier Sng's answer to Rosie's Secondary 3 E Maths Singapore question.

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Xavier Sng
Xavier Sng
1 year ago
Ammonium sulfate contains both ammonium ions and sulfate ions. As ammonium ions and sulfate ions are oppositely charged, there is strong electrostatic attraction between them, giving rise to Ionic bondings.
Rosie
Rosie
1 year ago
why are they both oppositely charge? aren’t they both negatively charge?
Xavier Sng
Xavier Sng
1 year ago
Ammonium ion is a cation, which is positively charged. Sulfate ion is an anion, which is negatively charged.