Question

What would happen if magnesium donates two electrons of its outer most shell?

Answer 1

Answer:

it would tend to lose two electrons and form a+2 ion

Answer 2

Explanation:

So... for the element of MAGNESIUM, you already know that the atomic number tells you the number of electrons. That means there are 12 electrons in a magnesium atom. Looking at the picture, you can see there are two electrons in shell one, eight in shell two, and two more in shell three.