Chemical Bonding - Lonic and Covalent Compounds — Chemistry STD 10 — Question
ICSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ChemistryChemical Bonding - Lonic and Covalent Compounds2 Marks
Question
What is the charge on a chloride ion? How does this charge come about?
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Answer
(i) The chloride ion has unit negative charge. (ii) When the chlorine atom (2, 8, 7) accepts one electron so as to have a stable argon like structure, there is one electron in excess, as compared to the number of protons in the nucleus. This in turn makes chloride ion negatively charged.
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