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Why are there 2 chloride ions for every 1 calcium in calcium chloride

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tensa zangetsu [6.8K]3 years ago

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Answer:

See explanation

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Calcium is divalent. This means that it donates two electrons during ionic bond formation. Since chlorine atom can only accept one electron during ionic bond formation, two chlorine atoms must accept the two electrons donated by calcium.

For this purpose, each time CaCl2 is formed, there must be two chlorine atoms for each calcium atom.

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