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Draw cross diagram showing formation of Calcium Chloride

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Step-by-step explanation:

First I'm going to draw the structure of the neutral calcium atom and the structure of the chlorine atom.

Now I'm going to draw only the valence shells of ions that participate in ionic bonding:

So Ca2+ will donate 2 electrons for both 2 atoms of Chlorine, forming CaCl2.

Draw cross diagram showing formation of Calcium Chloride-example-1
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