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Brad D.
Mar 9, 2015

Sodium fluoride would be NaF, calcium fluoride would be #CaF_2#.

Sodium has an oxidation number of #Na^+# and fluorine is #F^-# for a neutral compound of NaF.

Calcium has an oxidation number of 2+ while fluorine has an oxidation of 1-, so two atoms of fluorine are needed to neutralize the 2+ charge on calcium.

In terms of bond, they would both be ionic compounds, so they do not differ in that regard.

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