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How many electrons does sodium need to achieve a noble gas configuration?
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∙ 13y ago
Sodium has 11 electrons, and one valence electron
To achieve noble gas configurations, it would have to gain 7 electrons,
for a total of 18 like Argon has.
But this gain is impossible.
So Sodium loses one electron to look like Neon which has 10.
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