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I'm sure you mean sodium as an ion, Na+.
Ions are more stable than their neutral atoms a lot of the time because their electron configurations are those of the noble gases - unreactive. As ions, elements don't want to react since they have already obtained their duet or octet, and become more stable as a result. <<
I'm sure you mean sodium as an ion, Na+.
Ions are more stable than their neutral atoms a lot of the time because their electron configurations are those of the noble gases - unreactive. As ions, elements don't want to react since they have already obtained their duet or octet, and become more stable as a result. <<