Calcium chloride (cacl2) is an ionic compound that dissociates in water. a chemist forms a solution by mixing 0.50 mol cacl2 and 1.0 kg of water. how many moles of ions are in the solution?

Calcium chloride (CaCl2) is a salt which dissociates when dissolved in water. Assuming that the dissociation is complete (100 %), then the half reaction for this would be:

CaCl2 ---> Ca2+  +  2 Cl-

We can see that in 1 mole of CaCl2 salt, 1 mole of Ca2+ ion and 2 moles of Cl- ion is created. Therefore there are 3 moles of ion per 1 mole of CaCl2. Using this ratio, the total number of moles of ions in the solution is:

Total number of ions = 0.5 mol CaCl2 * (3 moles ion / 1 mol CaCl2)

Total number of ions = 1.5 moles ion

answer: mercury

explanation:

since the atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus, as we move to the left on the periodic table, the electrostatic pull between the nucleus and the valence electron shell decreases. as we move down a group (vertical column), the valence shell energy level gets further and further from the nucleus.