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Course: High school chemistry?>?Unit 2
Lesson 1: Ionic bondsApply: ionic bonds and compounds
You might need: Periodic table
Problem
Group 2 metals can bond with group 17 nonmetals to form ionic compounds. An example is calcium chloride, which is often used to melt ice on sidewalks during cold weather.
Complete the statement.
To produce a neutral ionic compound, one ion from group 2 is needed for every
ion(s) from group 17.