Editing Chloride (section)

==Electronic properties==
A chloride ion (diameter 167&nbsp;[[picometre|pm]]) is much larger than a chlorine atom (diameter 99&nbsp;pm). The chlorine atom's hold on the valence shell is weaker because the chloride anion has one more electron than it does.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Size of Atoms |url=http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch7/size.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=chemed.chem.purdue.edu}}</ref> The ion is colorless and diamagnetic. In aqueous solution, it is highly soluble in most cases; however, for some chloride salts, such as [[silver chloride]], [[lead(II) chloride]], and [[mercury(I) chloride]], they are only slightly soluble in water.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Zumdahl|first1=Steven|title=Chemical Principles|date=2013|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-285-13370-6|pages=109|edition=7th}}<!--|access-date=24 April 2015--></ref> In aqueous solution, chloride is bonded by the protic end of the water molecules.