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Chapter 6 Practice
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following states the results of a sodium atom transferring an electron to a chlorine
atom.
a.
b.
Each atom ends up with a more stable electron arrangement.
The sodium atom becomes more stable, but the chlorine atom becomes less stable.
c. The chlorine atom becomes less stable, but the sodium atom becomes more stable.
d. Each atom ends up with a less stable electron arrangement.