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What does the 3 mean in alcl3

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Aluminum Chloride is what alcl3 means but the 3 in alcl3 stands for the three chloride anions. It can also be written as aluminum (III) chloride.
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It just means that there is 3 chlorine atom bonded to 1 al atom

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