What is the formula of calcium chloride?
1 Answer
Feb 13, 2018
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Explanation:
Calcium chloride is an ionic compound.
Calcium is in group 2
Chlorine is in group 7
As the overall charge is 0 (neutral) the charges must balance. Therefore we need two chlorine ions to balance out the calcium ion charge as
Note that the 2 is supposed to be little and under the chlorine symbol, i just don't know how to edit it.