During the formation of sodium chloride, chlorine accepts one electron from sodium to attain the configuration of which noble gas?

Q. During the formation of sodium chloride, sodium transfers one electron to chlorine to attain the configuration of which noble gas?

Q. (a) Give the electronic configurations of sodium and chlorine.
(b) Write the electron-dot structures for sodium and chlorine atoms.
(c) Describe the formation of sodium chloride from sodium and chlorine by the transfer of electrons. What changes take place in the electronic configurations of sodium and chlorine during the formation of sodium chloride?
​(d) Write any two properties of ionic compounds.

Q. An atom of sodium loses one electron and chlorine atom accepts one electron. This result in the formation of sodium chloride molecule. The type of bond formed is known as _________.

Q. Sodium was found to have a strong tendency to form $N{a}^{+}$ during ionic bond formation because: