What is the Lewis Structure for potassium in KCI?

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What is the Lewis Structure for potassium in KCI?

Is it K+?

2007-04-30 07:35:41 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Draw eight dots around K and put a + charge near it. In the caseof Cl, draw seven x's around that, put a dot for the electron from K in the eighth place, and put a - charge near Cl.

2007-04-30 07:42:05 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

K+ has no valence electrons around it, where Cl- has 8 electrons around it.

2007-04-30 07:38:53 · answer #2 · answered by chemicalcajun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋