2006-11-19 04:41:09 · 6 answers · asked by ANGELIC F 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
sodium ions are one short in electrons than the sodium atoms while number of protons remain the same .Hence the nucleus exerts extra attractive force on the electrons resulting in the shrinking of the size of the ion.
2006-11-19 04:48:23 · answer #1 · answered by money money 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is Sodium An Ion
2016-11-09 22:11:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sodium ions are smaller than sodium atoms because sodium ions make up sodium atoms. Just like quarts are smaller than an regular atom.
2006-11-19 04:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sodium has the electron configuration of 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s1. There is only 1 electron in the outer (valence) shell. Because of the lone electron in the outer level, sodium will readily lose that electron to get down to the number of electrons as the nearest noble gas (neon has 10 electrons). When it loses the electron it also becomes smaller as an ion. That is because it no longer has the outer electron shell. The sodium ion has the electron configuration of 1s2, 2s2, 2p6 - the same as neon atoms.
2006-11-19 04:49:51 · answer #4 · answered by physandchemteach 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is because sodium ions have lost the outer electron thus one energy level decreases(orbital)( 3 orbitals) because sodium only has one electron in the outermost orbital. The sodium atom has not lost any electron thus it has 4 energy levels(orbitals).
2006-11-19 04:50:15 · answer #5 · answered by Fatima A 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because an ion is what charges an atom,there fore its inside the atom.You wouldn't see a 600 pound gorilla in a .25 oz ant
2006-11-19 04:44:02 · answer #6 · answered by Unibird Spririt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋