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Radda [10]
3 years ago
5

Why is calcium oxide CaO, and not CaO2?

Chemistry
2 answers:
Mandarinka [93]3 years ago
8 0
The Calcium ion is an Alkaline earth metal and wants to give up the 2 s orbital elections and become a +2 cation.

Oxygen has six valence electrons and is looking to gain two electrons to complete the octet (8) electron count in the valence shell making it a -2 anion.

When the charges of the Calcium +2 and the Oxygen -2 are equal and opposite, the ions for an electrical attraction. (Remember Paula Abdul told us "Opposites Attract")

This one to one ratio of charges makes the formula CaO

Serhud [2]3 years ago
7 0
Ca’s charge is 2+ and O’s charge is 2-. When you cross the charges it would be Ca2O2 and you would simplify to Ca1O1 and the ones are implied so just CaO
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