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Describe the formation of a sodium ion.

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Sodium ion- it has 1 valence electron so its easy for it to loose this electron. Thus, it forms sodium ion by loosing its valence elctron while reacting.It forms Na+. ... Oxide ion- it has 6 valence electrons so it gains 2 electrons lost by a metal atom and reacts with it.
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