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Formation of a magnesium chloride from magnesium and chlorine.

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A magnesium atom will lose 2 electrons to form a stable 2+ ion. Chlorine is in group 7 of the periodic table. A chlorine atom will gain 1 electron to form a stable 1- ion,forms the ionic bond between magnesium and chlorine.
$M g + 2 C l \to M g C l_{2}$

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