What is the chemical formula of sodium bromate?

The chemical formula for sodium bromate is NaBrO3. In that formula, the Na represents sodium, the Br represents bromine and the O represents oxygen. The number of each atom is shown by the number following its symbol; if there is no number, there is only one atom of the element.

Sodium bromate is formed by the reaction between sodium carbonate and bromine or by oxidizing sodium bromide. In chemistry, the suffixes -ate and -ite in an ion indicates the presence of oxygen, with -ate compounds containing more oxygen than similar compounds ending with -ite. Sodium bromate has a molar mass of 150.89 grams per mole.