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When an atom loses one electron it forms an ion. The atom becomes charged. It has more positive charges in its nucleus than negative electrons surrounding it, so the charge is positive, it has made a positive ion.

The same happens when an atom gains an electron apart from the charge now becomes negative.

Each atom always wants to become stable.

The electron arrangement is 2,8,8,8... and so on.

So for example sodiums atomic proton number is 11 and is set out like 2,8,1.

It needs to loose 1 electron to become stable.

Its ion is represented as Na+

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