Any Alkaline Earth metal (column IIA of the Periodic Table) is trying to loan out two electrons to achieve the electron configuration of an inert gas.
That would be any metal in group two, such as magnesium.
Group II elements which are Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium and Radium. All are +2 ions and will have a full octet if they can give up those 2 electrons.
Elements can not change into to other elements except by radiative decay or fusion. Loss of electrons does not change an element into another element.
Group 1 elements (Alkali Metals)
either by losing, gaining or sharing electrons.
Chemical properties depend on electron configuration. By either gaining or losing electrons, an atom changes its electron configuration and therefore its chemical properties also change.The atoms of an element will react to achieve a noble-gas configuration. The atoms will either gain or lose electrons to achieve such a configuration.
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.
Br typically gains one electron to achieve a stable electron configuration, rather than losing electrons.
Lithium does not have a '0' charge. Its electron configuration is 2,1. This means there is one valence electron in its outer shell. Losing this electron will make Lithium have a full shell (2 only) which all atoms try to achieve, therefore Li has a +1 charge because it loses an electron to gain noble gas configuration.
All elements from group 1
Losing an electron cesium has a noble gas configuration.
Two electrons
either by losing, gaining or sharing electrons.
Chemical properties depend on electron configuration. By either gaining or losing electrons, an atom changes its electron configuration and therefore its chemical properties also change.The atoms of an element will react to achieve a noble-gas configuration. The atoms will either gain or lose electrons to achieve such a configuration.
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.
Br typically gains one electron to achieve a stable electron configuration, rather than losing electrons.
Lithium does not have a '0' charge. Its electron configuration is 2,1. This means there is one valence electron in its outer shell. Losing this electron will make Lithium have a full shell (2 only) which all atoms try to achieve, therefore Li has a +1 charge because it loses an electron to gain noble gas configuration.
Other elements can acquire a noble gas configuration by either gaining or losing electrons. Elements on the left side of the periodic table, such as alkali metals, tend to lose electrons to achieve a noble gas configuration. Elements on the right side of the periodic table, such as halogens, tend to gain electrons to achieve a noble gas configuration. Elements in the middle of the periodic table may gain or lose electrons to acquire a noble gas configuration, depending on the specific element and its properties.
The alkali metals in group 1 react by losing one electron.
By losing an electron.
An atom with two valence electrons in its outermost energy level can achieve a stable electron configuration by losing two electrons. This process is known as ionization. By doing so, the atom becomes a positively charged ion, known as a cation, with a full outer energy level.