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Barium (Ba) is in Group 2. Recall that atoms in Group 1 lose one electron to form ions with a 1+ charge. What type of ion does barium form?

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barium is in group 2A, it looses 2 electrons to form the calcium ion BA2, i’ll send a picture of some of my notes, hopefully it helps:))
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