What is calcium acetate?
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What is calcium acetate?
Calcium acetate:
Ionic compounds are composed of cations and anions arranged in a repeated pattern within a crystalline structure. The ratio of these ions in a compound depend upon their respective charges, but the ratio will result in a neutral, or uncharged, compound.
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View this answerCalcium acetate is an ionic compound composed of one calcium and two acetate ions. There is one calcium ion with a charge of 2+, and we write it as...
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Chapter 5 / Lesson 6Learn about writing the chemical formula for ionic compounds. Understand how to write chemical formulas for binary and polyatomic ionic compounds and see examples.