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Calcium chloride is a mixture of salt which is combined because of covalent interaction of two different elements namely calcium and chlorine.
The calcium has a valence electron pair of plus two charge where as chlorine has a negative charge over it. So, because of covalent interaction and sharing of electrons between these two elements calcium chloride compound is formed.
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