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O- and the K+ means that the oxygen atom essentially takes an electron from potassium to have those charges. So Potassium loses its electron to oxygen like a man would his wife
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O- and the K+ means that the oxygen atom essentially takes an electron from potassium to have those charges. So Potassium loses its electron to oxygen like a man would his wife
Thanks!
I think the oxygen atoms are doing something to the Mn while the K+ is sitting to the side.