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anor277
May 5, 2017

Well ionic bonds...........

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Calcium carbide is an ionic salt of #Ca^(2+)# ions, and acetylide ions, #""^(-):C-=C:^-#. In this representation there is the ionic bond which binds the ions together, and also the anion, acetylide ion, is held together by a triple bond.

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