{"id":224070,"date":"2025-06-02T16:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T16:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=224070"},"modified":"2025-06-02T16:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T16:53:30","slug":"draw-a-lewis-diagram-to-show-the-formation-of-the-ionic-compound-barium-chloride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/02\/draw-a-lewis-diagram-to-show-the-formation-of-the-ionic-compound-barium-chloride\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw a Lewis diagram to show the formation of the ionic compound barium chloride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Draw a Lewis diagram to show the formation of the ionic compound barium chloride (BaCl2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lewis Diagram for the Formation of Barium Chloride (BaCl\u2082):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a simplified representation of the Lewis diagram:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ba \u2022\u2022      +      \u2022\u2022Cl\u2022\u2022     +     \u2022\u2022Cl\u2022\u2022\n       \u2193                \u2193              \u2193\n     [Ba]\u00b2\u207a     +     [:Cl:]\u207b     +    [:Cl:]\u207b\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Explanation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Barium chloride (BaCl\u2082) is an ionic compound<\/strong> formed by the transfer of electrons from a metal<\/strong> (barium) to a non-metal<\/strong> (chlorine). To understand this, we use Lewis diagrams<\/strong>, which represent the valence electrons of atoms and illustrate how they are involved in bond formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barium (Ba) is an alkaline earth metal found in group 2 of the periodic table. It has two valence electrons<\/strong>, which it readily loses to achieve a stable electron configuration similar to the noble gas xenon. In losing two electrons, barium becomes a Ba\u00b2\u207a ion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chlorine (Cl) is a halogen in group 17 and has seven valence electrons<\/strong>. It needs one more electron to complete its octet and become stable, forming a Cl\u207b ion<\/strong> when it gains one electron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the formation of BaCl\u2082<\/strong>, each chlorine atom gains one electron<\/strong>. Since barium loses two electrons, two chlorine atoms<\/strong> are required to accept these two electrons. This results in the formation of one Ba\u00b2\u207a ion<\/strong> and two Cl\u207b ions<\/strong>. The positively charged barium ion and the negatively charged chloride ions attract each other due to electrostatic forces<\/strong>, forming an ionic bond<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Lewis diagram:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • The barium atom is shown with its two valence electrons, which are transferred (indicated by arrows) to two chlorine atoms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Each chlorine atom originally has seven valence electrons (three lone pairs and one unpaired electron) and gains one electron from barium, completing their octet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The resulting ions are shown in brackets, with charges indicated: [Ba]\u00b2\u207a<\/strong> and [:Cl:]\u207b<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • This shows that barium chloride is formed by the transfer of electrons and the attraction between oppositely charged ions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    This ionic bonding is responsible for the high melting point and crystalline structure of BaCl\u2082.;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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    Draw a Lewis diagram to show the formation of the ionic compound barium chloride (BaCl2) The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Lewis Diagram for the Formation of Barium Chloride (BaCl\u2082): Here’s a simplified representation of the Lewis diagram: Explanation Barium chloride (BaCl\u2082) is an ionic compound formed by the transfer of electrons from a metal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}