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If Oxygen were to gain 2 electrons, the new electron configuration for the oxide ion would be similar to which neutral atom? A. Stays the same as Oxygen B. Sulfur C. Neon D. Car…

If Oxygen were to gain 2 electrons, the new electron configuration for the oxide ion would be similar to which neutral atom? A. Stays the same as Oxygen B. Sulfur C. Neon D. Car…
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If Oxygen were to gain 2 electrons, the new electron configuration for the oxide ion

would be similar to which neutral atom?
A. Stays the same as Oxygen
B. Sulfur
C. Neon
D. Carbon

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User Jofe
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it would be most similar to neon. it wouldn’t be sulfur because that’s in the same group as oxygen and has the same number of electrons. and carbon has less than that so the only one that makes sense is neon
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