What is the Lewis Structure for Barium Fluoride (BaF2)?

The Lewis structure is F:Ba:F simply draws the remaining electrons around the fluorine atoms (there are a total of 16 electrons in this compound). It is also nonpolar (fluorine is the most electronegative element in the periodic table, and barium is not very electronegative, but due to symmetry the molecule is not polar).

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