In a chemical compound would you expect an oxide ion to be joined with one atom of calcium or one atom of potassium? why?

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Madelyn Barrera

Chemistry

30 January, 13:06

In a chemical compound would you expect an oxide ion to be joined with one atom of calcium or one atom of potassium? why?

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Alma Hogan · Answer 1

In a chemical compound, I would expect an oxide ion, an oxygen ion with a - 2 charge, would be joined with 1 atom of calcium. As in the formation of a compound, which we can see based on the chemical formula, Ca^+2 O^-2 would form CaO.