How to get the symbol of the ions for an atom only by seeing the electron numbers?

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How to get the symbol of the ions for an atom only by seeing the electron numbers?

Sodium Proton Number = 23
How to get the ionic symbols for sodium only by using that information?

2006-08-30 02:00:08 · 2 answers · asked by unquenchablethirst 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Sodium has 11 protons and 12 neutrons; the electrons proceed to fill through 1s2-2s2-2p6-3s1 shells, making a total of 11 electrons and one outer shell electron, making the oxidation state +1 and placing it in Group 1 in the periodic table. I'm not sure if this is what you're asking for...

2006-08-30 02:27:18 · answer #1 · answered by Black Dog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

if you know the number of electrons and the number of protons, the charge is net number of surplus protons, if you have 12 electrons and 11 protons, then you have a charge of -1

2006-08-30 09:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by hanumistee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋