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If sodium loses 1 electron, it will have the same number of valence electrons as which noble gas?

If sodium loses 1 electron, it will have the same number of valence electrons as which-example-1
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atomic number of Na -11
electronic configuration of Na - 2,8,1
outermost shell of Na has one electron. To become stable and to have a complete octet in the outermost shell, it loses that electron in the outermost shell and becomes positively charged.
Then electronic configuration is 2,8 with 10 electrons . Noble gas with atomic number 10 is Neon.Therefore it will have the same number of valence electrons as B) Neon
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