One electron is present in the outermost shell of an element ‘Z’ (a) What will be the nature of this element? (b) What will be value of charge of the ion formed, if this electron is removed from the outermost shell?

(a) Element ‘Z’ will be a metal because it has only one electron in the outermost shell, so it is electropositive.

(b) After loss of one electron, ‘Z’ will acquire one positive charge.

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