Keywords: Carbonate-ion-resonance-2D.png Resonance structures of the carbonate ion CO<sub>3</sub><sup>2 ˆ’</sup> No one of these three structures accurately represents the structure of carbonate since in reality all three C-O bonds are the same length and the charge on all three oxygens is the same Own 2008-08-29 Ben Mills Benjah-bmm27 Images by Ben Mills Carbonate ion |