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Calcium Chloride is an ionic compound. You see, for a substance to be classified as either a non-metal or a metal, it has to be in elemental form. Calcium Chloride is a compound, so you can't say whether it is a non-metal or a metal. However, of the elements that make up this compound, Calcium is a metal and Chlorine is a non-metal.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoCaCl2 is neither metal or nonmetal because it's an ionic compound, to be exact a salt. For something to be metal or nonmetal it must be on the Periodic Table.
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What is the name for the compound CaCl4?
The ionic compound with the formula unit CaCl2 is calcium chloride. Generally, when you name an ionic compound composed of a metal and a nonmetal, the name of the metal is first and is not altered. The nonmetal is named second and the end is changed to the suffix -ide.
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