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Which is the correct name for the compound Ca(CLO2)2

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Calcium hypochlorite
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The correct name is Calcium Chlorite. Calcium has a charge of 2 on the periodic table. In the equation, ClO has a subscript of 2, meaning that there is one less oxygen than chlor"ate", and so it is Chlor"ite". Hope this helped!

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