The answer is (1) 10. The protons of Mg atom is 12. So the Mg atom has 12 electrons. The Mg2+ ion has lost two electrons so it has two positive charge. Then the answer is 10 electrons.
Oil molecules like to stick to other oil molecules more than they like to stick to water molecules. This is because mineral oil has nonpolar molecules and water has polar ones.
An atom consists of three subatomic particles.
In the middle of atom it consists of nucleus which have two subatomic particles. They are protons and neutrons.
And there is a subatomic particle that is found orbiting around the nucleus in an atom, name of that subatomic particle is electron.
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