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A calcium atom can have its highest energy level be filled by forming an ionic bond with a single iodine atom. True or false? ...?

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For the answer to the question above.

It is False, because Calcium is a 2+ cation, while Iodine has only a 1- anion. You need two Iodines to fill calcium's outermost shell.

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