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प्रश्न
Show diagrammatically the electron distributions in a sodium atom and a sodium ion and also give their atomic number.
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उत्तर
11Na -2,8,1 (11 electrons)
Na – 1e–—> Na+ (10 electrons) Electronic configuration 2, 8.

The atomic number of an element is equal to the number of protons in its atom. Since, sodium atom and sodium ion contain the same number of protons, therefore, the atomic number of both is 11.
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| Composition of Atoms of the First Eighteen Elements with Electron Distribution in Various Shells | ||||||||||
| Name of Element | Symbol | Atomic Number | Number of protons | Number of Neutrons | Number of Electrons | Distribution of Electrons | Valency | |||
| K | L | M | N | |||||||
| Hydrogen | H | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Helium | He | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 0 |
| Lithium | Li | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Beryllium | Be | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Boron | B | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Carbon | C | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Nitrogen | N | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 3 |
| Oxygen | O | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 2 |
| Fluorine | F | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | - | - | 1 |
| Neon | Ne | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 0 |
| Sodium | Na | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Magnesium | Mg | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Aluminium | Al | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | - | 3 |
| Silicon | Si | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | - | 4 |
| Phosphorus | P | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | - | 3.5 |
| Sulphur | S | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | - | 2 |
| Chlorine | Cl | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | - | 1 |
| Argon | Ar | 18 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
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