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:N::N:
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:Cl:Cl:
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Chlorine is Cl.
Cl.
NBr2Cl
Size of Cl atom is bigger than size of N atom. Electronegativity difference is .12 which is negligible.
nitrogen
Chlorine is Cl.
Cl
Cl.
Chloride is an atom of chlorine with a -1 charge. The atomic symbol for chlorine is Cl. Since the symbol for monotomic ions is just the charge written after the atom's atomic symbol, the symbol for chloride is just Cl-.
NBr2Cl
Size of Cl atom is bigger than size of N atom. Electronegativity difference is .12 which is negligible.
NCl3
: :Cl: '
nitrogen
A chlorine molecule consists of two chlorine atoms bound together by a covalent bond. The symbol of a chlorine molecule is Cl2.
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The electrons in the valence shell are shown in the Lewis structure of an atom by dots. Additionally, if it contains bonds, they are shown by dashes.