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The Structure of a Hydrogen Chloride Molecule.
A chlorine atom has 7
electrons in its
outer
shell.
Chlorine is in group 7 of the periodic table.
A hydrogen atom has 1 electron in its
outer shell.
Hydrogen can only form 1 bond.
The hydrogen
atom will share its
1 electron with chlorine
to form one covalent bond and make a
hydrogen chloride molecule
(HCl).
Note the 1
pair of electrons shared between the atoms.
One electron pair is one single
bond.
The structural formula of a hydrogen chloride molecule is
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