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( Oxyanion)
An oxyanion or oxoanion is a negatively charged polyatomic ion that contains oxide. Oxyanions can be viewed as the conjugate base of a corresponding oxyacid, although both components are not necessarily stable. Probably the best known oxyanion is DNA. The most extensive family of oxyanions are the polyoxomolybdates. Some elements, Q, (Q = metals and nonmetals) form several oxyanions, QOxn- with different numbers of oxygen atoms, x, or different charges n. These oxyanions and their conjugate oxyacids are named according to the oxidation state of the non-oxygen atom, for example the four oxyanions of chlorine r />
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