Question

What type of compound does the formula, CuCl2, represent?

a. ionic salt
b. covalent molecule

Answer 1

The answer is: [B]: "ionic salt" .
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Note: There is no "sharing of electrons" among the elements in this compound; so this compound in NOT a "covalent molecule".

However, there is ionic bonding: Cu²⁺ and Cl⁻ ; to form: "CuCl₂" .
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