Thursday 16 May 2013

1.31 deduce the charge of an ion from the electronic configuration of the atom from which the ion is formed

Electronic configuration of ions

Na has the electronic configuration of  2.8.1
Its positive ion, Na+ has the electronic configuration of 2.8

Cl has the electronic configuration of 2.8.7
Its negative ion, Cl- has the electronic configuration of 2.8.8

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