(a) The atomic number of sodium is 11. What is the number of electrons in Na+?
(b) The atomic number of chlorine is 17. What is the number of electrons in Cl−?
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The atomic number of sodium is 11.It has 11 electrons.it loses one electron to from sodium ion.Then the number of electron in sodium ion is 11 - 1=10
The atomic number of chlorine is 17.The outermost orbit of chlorine atoms 7 electrons us present.It accepts one electron now is 18 and the number of protons is still 17
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