Question

The al alkaline earth metals have two railing electrons how does it form ions 1. Gain two electrons 2. Gain 6 electrons 3. They lose 2 4. They lose 6

Answer 1

The correct response would be 3. The alkaline earth metals would tend to lose its valence electrons, in this case 2 of them at different energy levels, to form the same respective ion, which is +2.