Question

What happens when a sodium atom and a chlorine atom exchange an electron?

Answer 1

a sodium atom losses an electron to a chlorine atom.The sodium atom becomes a positive sodium ion.The chlorine atom becomes a negative chloride ion.The sodium ion and chloride ionform an ionic lattice

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Answer 2

Sodium atom becomes cation by losing one electron and Chlorine atom becomes anion by gaining one electron.

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