Question

two products of the recharge process are calcium and magnesium chloride. Based on your knowledge of bonding and oxidation states (not based solely on the article), what are the chemical formulas for the products of the recharge process? Report you answer with the most likely oxidation state.

Answer 1

Answer: The chemical formulas of calcium and magnesium chloride are $CaCl_2$ and $MgCl_2$

Explanation:

A chemical formula is the representation of a substance in terms of chemical symbols showing the elements present in a compound and their relative proportion.

Calcium is having an atomic number of 20 has electronic configuration of $1s^22s^22p^63s^23p^64s^2$. It can lose two electrons to have an oxidation state of +2.

Magnesium is having an atomic number of 12 has electronic configuration of $1s^22s^22p^63s^2$. It can lose two electrons to have an oxidation state of +2.

Chlorine is having an atomic number of 17 has electronic configuration of $1s^22s^22p^63s^23p^5$. It can gain one electron to have an oxidation state of -1.

Thus the chemical formulas of calcium and magnesium chloride are $CaCl_2$ and $MgCl_2$