Does sodium attract or release electrons? How many electrons are involved in the transfer?
2007-01-21 12:17:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Usually sodium will donate a single electron and become the Na+ ion. The simplest example of this is:
NaCl => Na+ and Cl-
where the chlorine has accepted the electron.
2007-01-21 12:22:00 · answer #1 · answered by Alasdair S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sodium is an alkali metal (Group 1 on periodic table) and will lose 1 electron in becoming an ion. This electron is transferred to a nonmetal, usually a halogen (Group 17 on periodic table). For example, in NaCl, Na gives 1 electron to Cl, forming Na+ and Cl-, and the Na+ and Cl- come together forming an ionic bond.
2007-01-21 12:48:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sodium, Na, will release one electron to bond. You will often see it written as Na+. Check out your periodic table. Na is in group I in which all elements in this group releases one electron. The most common compound we know with Na is table salt, NaCl.
2007-01-21 12:28:28 · answer #3 · answered by Treebeard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sodium tends to donate one electron to other atoms in reactions.
2007-01-21 12:22:34 · answer #4 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sodium will lose one electron.
By looking at what group an element is in since sodium is in group one it will lose 1.
2007-01-21 12:25:49 · answer #5 · answered by orangehack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋