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Is potassium citrate ionic compound or molecular compound?
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DrBob222
The potassium bond to the rest of the molecule is ionic but all of the other bonds are covalent. So we would call potassium citrate an ionic compound; it dissociates in aqueous solution into potassium + ions and citrate negative ions. All of the bonds within the citrate ion are covalent.
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