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In inorganic chemistry, a ternary compound is a compound containing three different elements. An example is sodium phosphate, Na₃PO₄. The sodium ion has a charge of 1+ and the phosphate ion has a charge of 3-. Therefore, three sodium ions are needed to balance the charge of one phosphate ion. Another example of a ternary compound is calcium carbonate (CaCO₃). In naming and writing the formulae for ternary compounds, rules are similar to binary compounds.