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The Sodium atom has 11 electrons and so it wants to lose 1 electron when it reacts (so that it can gain a stable noble gas electron arrangement - full outer shell)

The sodium ion formed will have 11 protons, 10 electrons and 12 neutrons, as well as a charge of 1+ (because there is one more positive particle than there is negative particles).

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