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  • Calcium Chloride (CaCl2): Understanding the Atom Count
    The question is a bit tricky. There are no calcium atoms in chloride.

    Here's why:

    * Chloride refers to the chloride ion (Cl-), a negatively charged atom.

    * Calcium is a positively charged ion (Ca2+).

    Calcium and chloride come together to form calcium chloride (CaCl2), a compound with two chloride ions for every calcium ion.

    Therefore, in calcium chloride, there is one calcium atom per molecule.

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