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How do you draw a bohr diagram for a boron ion?

Some backgorund info: (of boron atom)
Atomic no- 5
Mass no- 11
Cation

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it's core charge would be +3

Step-by-step explanation:

it's core charge would be +3

Step-by-step explanation:

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Because Boron likes to lose 3 electrons when it undergoes ionization, we draw a boron ion like a helium atom, with just 2 electrons in the first shell, and 0 in the second

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