calcium chloride...Remember that calcium is in Group IA and will not have an octet of electrons!
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The hybridization for calcium will be sp. (The hybridization for the chlorine atoms will be sp3.)
The chlorine-calcium-chlorine bond angle is 180o.
Calcium has two p orbitals that are empty which explains why anhydrous calcium chloride is a great drying agent found in those little packages in bottles of pills, cameras, etc...the non-bonding electron pairs of water attach at those sites.
The electron-pair geometry is linear.
The molecular geometry is linear.