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Meave60
Feb 25, 2017

It would become a sodium ion with a 1^+1+ charge.

Explanation:

Sodium has atomic number 11, which means that a neutral sodium atom has 11 positively charged protons and 11 negatively charged electrons. When it loses its single valence electron, it then has 10 electrons and 11 protons, producing a 1^+1+ charge.

"11 p"^+" + "10^(-)="1p"^+"11 p+ + 10−=1p+

The formula for a sodium ion is "Na"^+"Na+.

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