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An element should release two of its outermost electrons to obtain +2 ion. The elements in group 2A are the most likely elements to have this configuration. These are known as Alkali Earth Metals.


The elements in the 2nd group have 2 valence electrons. Elements give away their valence electrons to get stable electron configuration. The elements in the 2nd group such as beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium likely to have positive ion with charge of 2.

Group II elements (the alkaline earth metals). This is because this particular group of elements have two extra electrons in their electronic configurations. They need to lose these two electrons to attain the stable noble gas configuration. So they will have a tendency to lose them to other atoms or group of atoms, in the process incurring a double positive charge (since there will now be two less electrons than protons). So Be, Mg and Ca will all form positive ions (cations) with a charge of +2. They are represented by Be2+, Mg2+ and Ca2+ respectively. But, other elements like copper and barium will also form cations of charge +2.

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