How many chemical bonds are in KNO3? What are their names?

1 Answer
Sep 24, 2017

Well, there is the ionic bond between #K^+# and #NO_3^(-)# ions......

Explanation:

And also there is the covalent bond that operates in the nitrate anion..... The usual Lewis structure depicts a quaternized nitrogen (i.e. a nitrogen with a formal positive charge), a doubly bound #N=O# bond, and #2xxN-O^-# singly covalent bond....

i.e. #O=stackrel+N(-O^(-))_2#

Of course all the #N-O# bonds are equivalent, with the negative charges delocalized over 4 centres.....