A certain compound is made up of one phosphorus (P) atom, three chlorine (Cl) atoms, and one oxygen (O) atom. What is the chemical formula of this compound?

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Lucas Grugru · Answer 1 · 2017-12-12T07:17:00+0000

Ok so we know that all of these are non metals therefore they will bond using covalent bonds.
Phoshorus can have 3 bonds Chlorine can have 1 bond and Oxygen can two bonds.
Cl-P=O
The chemical formula I belive is PClO hope this helps :).

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