Name the ions present in Calcium Phosphate ________

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Solution

The compound $C a_{3} (P O_{4})_{2}$ is the molecule Calcium Phosphate.

Calcium is a +2 cation ${C a}^{+ 2}$
Phosphate is a -3 polyatomic anion ${P O_{4}}^{- 3}$

It takes three +2 calcium ions to balance with two -3 phosphate ions in order for the ionic charges to be equal an opposite.

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