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What happens when a magnesium atom loses an electron in it outer energy

shell?

It has an Increase in the number of neutrons

• C. It becomen a positive ion

• D. It has an Inerease in the number of protons

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C. It becomes a positive ion.

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When a magnesium atom loses an electron in its outer energy shell, it becomes a positive ion. This is because the number of protons in the nucleus...