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What kind of ions do a sodium atom and a chlorine atom become when a valence electron is transferred from one to the other?

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The Sodium gives its valence electron to the chlorine. Making the sodium a positive ion and the chloride a negative ion.
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The sodium atom becomes a positive ion and the chlorine atom becomes neg.

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