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How does an ion of sodium differ from an atom of sodium?

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The size of sodium ion is smaller than that of sodium atom. Sodium ion has less electrons

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Sodium ion and atom are both sodium-atoms, sodium ion is only the state of sodium-atom due to change in valence electrons, at this ion state time it is highly reactive, due to it’s reactivity they are unstable by there nature and try to search there partner element-atoms to make a stable ionized compound.

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