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title: "Calcium metal reacts completely with fluorine gas at elevated temperatures to form a white crystalline solid. Which of the following correctly identifies the empirical formula of the compound and the predominant type of bonding present in the solid?"
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# Calcium metal reacts completely with fluorine gas at elevated temperatures to form a white crystalline solid. Which of the following correctly identifies the empirical formula of the compound and the predominant type of bonding present in the solid?

Calcium metal reacts completely with fluorine gas at elevated temperatures to form a white crystalline solid. Which of the following correctly identifies the empirical formula of the compound and the predominant type of bonding present in the solid?

- **A.** \(\text{CaF}\) and covalent bonding
- **B.** \(\text{CaF}\) and ionic bonding
- **C.** \(\text{CaF}_2\) and covalent bonding
- **D.** \(\text{CaF}_2\) and ionic bonding

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