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The stable ions of all the elements except the Transition metals, Actinide, and Lanthanide series (that is the d and f block elements) form stable ions that are isoelectronic to a nobel gas by gaining or losing electrons in order to achieve an s2 p6 stable octet. For example, sodium will lose one electron to have the same electron configuration as neon, while nitrogen will gain three electrons to become isoelectronic to neon.

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All atoms "want" to have a noble gas electron configuration through the sharing or transferring of electrons. Therefore, any atom can achieve the electron configuration of a noble gas.

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Not necessarily. Ions of groups 1, 2, 17, 16, 15 will generally have the electron configuration of noble gases.Ions of transition metals may not have the electron configuration of noble gases.

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