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Calcium Chloride can be represented by the chemical formula of?

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CaCl2

Step-by-step explanation:

Calcium: Ca

Chloride or chlorine: Cl

Chloride: it is name of chlorine when it has a ion

calcium has a charge of +2 and Chlorine has a charge of -1

this is a ionic bond, so the charges of the two atoms have to equal or cancel out, so u need two Chlorine

and then it will be calcium +2 and chloride -2

2-2=0, they are neutral and we are right

CaCl2

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Calcium chloride can be represented by the chemical formula CaCl.

The Ca is for Calcium, and the Cl is for Chloride.
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