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How is an atom of the metal calcium most likely to attain a full outermost energy level of electrons?

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On the periodic table, calcium is located in group 2. This means that calcium has two electrons on its outermost shell. For calcium to have a complete octet it must lose these two outermost electrons which are also called valence electrons.

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