Sodium, like other metals, does not gain electrons, it loses electrons. Normally a sodium atom would lose only one electron in order to reach a stable electron configuration, becoming the Na+1 ion.
An atom that loses or gains electrons is called an ion. When an atom loses electrons, it becomes positively charged and is called a cation. When an atom gains electrons, it becomes negatively charged and is called an anion.
Nitrogen gains 3 electrons, oxygen gains 2 electrons, sulfur gains 2 electrons, and bromine gains 1 electron when forming ions.
Oxygen gains 2 electrons to become an oxide ion (O2-).
There are a total of 11 electrons in Sodium.
All of 11 electrons in sodium are in different electron orbitals: 2 electrons are in 1s orbital, 2 in 2s, 6 in 2p and 1 in the 3s orbital. (This last one is the so-called valence electron)
An atom that loses or gains electrons is called an ion. When an atom loses electrons, it becomes positively charged and is called a cation. When an atom gains electrons, it becomes negatively charged and is called an anion.
Nitrogen gains 3 electrons, oxygen gains 2 electrons, sulfur gains 2 electrons, and bromine gains 1 electron when forming ions.
Oxygen gains 2 electrons to become an oxide ion (O2-).
Yes it gains two electrons, because it already has 6 valence electrons..it gains two to make it an even 8 (because of the Octet Rule). Since it gains two electrons it makes it O^-2
When a sodium atom loses 2 electrons, it becomes positively charged because it has more protons than electrons. Sodium typically has 11 protons and 11 electrons, so losing 2 electrons results in a net charge of +2. Therefore, the charge of the sodium ion after losing 2 electrons is +2, denoted as Na²⁺.
There are a total of 11 electrons in Sodium.
Oxygen gains 2 electrons to achieve a full valence shell with 8 electrons. This gives oxygen a stable electron configuration similar to the noble gas configuration.
All of 11 electrons in sodium are in different electron orbitals: 2 electrons are in 1s orbital, 2 in 2s, 6 in 2p and 1 in the 3s orbital. (This last one is the so-called valence electron)
The element is sulfur with 16 electrons. It gains two electrons to form sulfide ion which has 18 electrons as that of argon.
In a sodium atom, there are 2 electrons in the innermost shell. The first shell can hold a maximum of 2 electrons. Sodium has an electron configuration of 2-8-1, so the inner shell contains 2 electrons.
Two electrons
surely i don't know sodium atom which can be gained 2 electrons but anyway i thought the answer is Na+2