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What occurs when potassium reacts with chlorine to form potassium chloride?

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Electrons are transferred and the bonding is ionic.

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Basically since potassium chloride is an ionic compound as it consists of a metal and a nonmetal, the potassium atom will donate one of its valence electrons to chlorine that will accept it and as a result produce oppositely charged ions, where the K + ion and the Cl - ion will attract forming an ionic bond. The compound that results is potassium chloride.
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