First of all this is a lot more than just one element. All the alkali metals are like this, all having one valence electron. They are Hydrogen, Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium, and Francium. Yes they have elements named after countries.
The alkali-group elements (group I of the periodic table) H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr in period 1 to 7 respectively.
Except hydrogen, elements in group 1 are very reactive at they can give away their only electron in their valence shell easily to be ionized.
An element that is a metal is more likely to give away its electrons because metals tend to lose electrons in chemical reactions to achieve a stable electron configuration. Sodium and potassium are common examples of metals that readily give away electrons.
== == When metals react with other elements, the atoms of the metals give up their valence electrons.
To be stable it would need to be A2B (2 of element A would give a total of 6 valence electrons + the 1 element B would give a total of 8 electrons in the covalent bond. The bond is now stable and you have a compound.)
Metals are strong electron donors. They easily give their valence electrons.
The force of attraction between the atom's nucleus and its valence electrons are the least. Hence valence electrons are lost easily.
When we say valence electron we mean the number of electron left it the outermost shell of element, valence electron can be positive of negetive. If an element need much electrons to be octet, that means that the element is not reactive than the one who will give out electrons, the the one who can give electrons much are less reactive than the one who can give a litle and the reaction will be normal as it is soppused to be, Eg lithium and berylium. Lithium is more reactive than berylium because lithuin has 1valence electron while berylium has 2....reactivity goes with the action of valence electron in an element
Francium gives away electrons very easily due to its location in the alkali metal group, which makes its outer electron very loosely bound. This makes Francium highly reactive and likely to form ions by losing its single valence electron.
The alkali-group elements (group I of the periodic table) H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr in period 1 to 7 respectively.
Yes, it can stabilize by giving away its electron, the reactions between an acid and a metal can be explained by this behavior.
Give the number of valence electrons for SBr4.
Since the element has only one valence electron, it will be very easy for it to lose it and form an ionic bond.
Losing an electron cesium has a noble gas configuration.
In the calculation of valence electron counts using the 18-electron rule, phosphine (PH3) contributes 5 valence electrons. Since each hydrogen atom contributes 1 electron, the total valence electron count for PPh3 (Ph = phenyl group) would be 5 (from phosphorus) + 3x1 (from hydrogen) = 8 electrons.
Except hydrogen, elements in group 1 are very reactive at they can give away their only electron in their valence shell easily to be ionized.
Group 1 elements, such as lithium, sodium, and potassium, easily give up electrons because they have one electron in their outer shell and are highly reactive. Additionally, elements in Group 17, such as fluorine and chlorine, can also easily gain electrons.