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lewis structure of chlorine gas

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lewis structure of chlorine gas

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Lewis structure of chlorine gas:

• The electronic configuration of chlorine is [Ne] $3 s^{2} 3 p^{5}$.
• A Lewis structure represents the valence electron configuration of an atom.
• The lewis structure of chlorine shows how a single covalent bond formed between two chlorine atoms.
• The octet rule must be implied by gaining, sharing or losing.
• Chlorine has 7 valence electrons is one electron short to obtain the octet.

• So two atoms of chlorine combine and share the electron through covalent bonding to form $Cl_{2}$ which has an octet valence shell.

The lewis structure of chlorine gas is attached below: