Would it be possible for magnesium chloride to have the same exact structure as potassium chloride?

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Would it be possible for magnesium chloride to have the same exact structure as potassium chloride?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-18T22:17:39

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Magnesium chloride has the formula ${MgCl}_{2}$ $"MgCl"_2"$ , and potassium chloride has the formula $KCl$ $"KCl"$ . Since the two compounds have different numbers of chloride anions, they cannot have the same structure.

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