Chapter 18, Problem 45R

To determine

Todraw: a dot diagram for magnesium chloride.

Explanation of Solution

Introduction:

The given compound is magnesium chloride. Therefore, the cation is magnesium ion and anion is chloride ion. The chemical symbol for magnesium ion is ${\text{Mg}}^{\text{+2}}$ and the chemical symbol for the chloride ion is ${\text{Cl}}^{\text{-}}$ .

Therefore, the compound forming due to these ions is as follows

  ${\text{Mg}}^{\text{2+}}{\text{+Cl}}^{\text{-}}\to {\text{MgCl}}_{\text{2}}$

The following figure shows the dot diagram of magnesium chloride: