Resonance Structures of NO3(-1), nitrate ion

There are three equally-valid Lewis structures for the nitrate ion, which is one nitrogen atom surrounded by three oxygen atoms (with one bonus electron from the -1 charge). These combine to make a "resonance hybrid" which reflects the delocalized electrons among the three N-O bonds.

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