emergency treatment of cardiac arrest victims sometimes involves injection of a calcium chloride (cacl2) solution directly into

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the heart muscle. which statement about the compound cacl2 is false?

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Dimas [21] · Answer 1 · 2023-02-08T20:55:11+03:00

Regarding calcium chloride, it is false that the anion in this compound is Cl₂⁻.

The missing options are:

A) The net charge on this compound is zero.

B) The anion in this compound is Cl₂⁻.

C) There are two chloride ions in this compound.

D) This compound is an ionic compound.

E) The cation in this compound is Ca²⁺.

We want to know the false statement regarding calcium chloride.

A) The net charge on this compound is zero. TRUE. This is a neutral compound.
B) The anion in this compound is Cl₂⁻. FALSE. The anion is Cl⁻ (chloride).
C) There are two chloride ions in this compound. TRUE. There are 2 Cl⁻ ions.
D) This compound is an ionic compound. TRUE. Since it is formed by a metal and a nonmetal.
E) The cation in this compound is Ca²⁺. TRUE. This is cation calcium.

Regarding calcium chloride, it is false that the anion in this compound is Cl₂⁻.