I don't understand how to get these answers, I need to find the same thing for bromine, magnesium sodium and zincIm in Chem 102 and we are only on the second chapter, I don't see anything in the book on how to find this and the only thing I found online is to use orbitalsAm I missing something? Any help on explaining how to answer would be great.
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Al has 13 electrons : Al3+ has 10 electrons Br has 35 electrons : Br- has 36 electrons Mg has 12 electrons : Mg2+ has 10 electrons Na has 11 electrons : Na+ has 10 electrons Zn has 30 electrons : Zn2+ has 28 electrons