Question

Beryllium has an atomic number of 2. What is its electron configuration? Will it lose 2 electrons or gain 6 to form an ion?

Answer 1

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Berylium has atomic number 4

electron configuration of berylium is

Be = 2,2

berylium will lose 2 electrons to form an ion

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Answer 2

as Beryllium has only two electrons in its outer most shell it become hard to nucleus to hold other six electrons so it loss two electrons