Draw an electron dot diagram to show the formation of each of the following compounds:
Magnesium Chloride.
$[H = 1, C = 6, M g = 12, C l = 17]$ .

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Solution

Mg atom has 2 valence electrons. It loses these 2 valence electrons to form $M g^{2 +}$ ion. Cl atom has 7 valence electrons. It gains one valence electron to form $C l^{-}$ ion.

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