CaCl2
PCl3
NCl3
in calcium chloride each calcium atom needs to lose two electrons but each chlorine atom needs to gain only one electron. This means that two chlorine atoms react with every one calcium atom to form calcium chloride. So the formula for calcium chloride is CaCl2.ca = proton number is 20 so the structure would be 2, 8 ,8 ,2cl = proton number is 17 so the structure would be 2 , 8,7To make it stable calcium has to lose 2 electrons and chlorine has to gain an electron. However if you add 2 to 7 in the chlorine it will make 9 so it will still be unstable therefore you need two chlorine atoms to share out the 2 atoms in calcium.
Calcium ( Ca ) donates two electrons to this ionic bond and chlorine ( Cl ) accepts one electron to form its octet. So, you need two chlorine atoms for every one of the calcium atoms.
One zinc atom = Zn Two chlorine atoms = Cl2 Chemical formula for zinc choride compound = ZnCl2
This compound is the calcium iodide - CaI2.
The chemical formula of zinc chloride is ZnCl2.
The formula for Zinc Chloride is ZnCl2. That means that for every 1 atom of Zinc there are 2 atoms of chlorine.
If you know your Classics (Latin), the name gives the clue . 'Tetra' means four(4). So carbon tetrachloride is has four chlorine atoms. Its modern IUPAC name is 'Tetrachlormethane'. It has the formula 'CCl4'.
In magnesium chloride, MgCl2, there are two chlorine atoms for every magnesium atom as chlorine is found as a compound.
CaI2 . This is calcium iodide. Recall, Ca2+ and I-. Therefore, two iodine atoms are needed for every 1 calcium. The suffix also changes to -ide; this happens for all halogens.
Fe + 2x Cl = Fe + Cl + Cl = 3 atoms per molecule.