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In general, elements attract electrons because they have positively charged nuclei, and although they also have negatively charged electron shells, the electrons are very mobile and they adjust themselves so that they have the minimum effect on other electrons while remaining as close as possible to the nucleus (a constant balancing act). The specific degree to which a given element will attract electrons is strongly influenced by the kind of electron configuration that the element has. Nitrogen, which can form a complete outer shell by acquiring another 3 electrons, has a much stronger attraction for electrons than beryllium has, since beryllium can more easily get to a complete outer shell by losing electrons than it can by gaining them.

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