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Explain why the most common charge on oxygen ions is -2.

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Oxygen is element no 8 .

When writing the electronic configuration , oxygen has 2 electrons on it K shell(maximum no )and 6 on the L shell.

So , Oxygen needs 2 more electrons to have an octet. configuration.

When elements loose electrons , their ions carry a positive sign

When elements gain electrons , their ions carry a negative sign

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