Oxygen needs to gain 2 electrons to achieve a stable octet, like a noble gas.
Mg must lose 2 electrons to attain the electron configuration of a noble gas (in this case, Neon).
Krypton is a noble gas and need not lose electrons. It is already stable.
Krypton is a noble gas with 36 electrons.
equal numbers of protons and electrons
Oxygen needs to gain 2 electrons to achieve a stable octet, like a noble gas.
Mg must lose 2 electrons to attain the electron configuration of a noble gas (in this case, Neon).
Krypton is a noble gas and need not lose electrons. It is already stable.
Krypton is a noble gas with 36 electrons.
Oxygen needs to gain 2 electrons to achieve a noble gas configuration, as it has 6 valence electrons and wants a full valence shell of 8 electrons, like a noble gas.
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Strontium has 38 electrons. It needs to give up 2 electrons to achieve a noble gas electron configuration, similar to the nearest noble gas, which in this case is krypton (36 electrons).
equal numbers of protons and electrons
it should gain 3 electrons
Calcium will lose two electrons to gain the noble gas configuration of Argon.
An atom of nitrogen needs 3 more electrons to achieve a stable, noble gas electron configuration. This would give nitrogen a total of 8 valence electrons, making it isoelectronic with a noble gas (in this case, neon).
It has 7 valence electrons, so needs 1 more to become noble.