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Explanation:

Sodium atoms has 1 valence electron, the 3s electron.  If it can lose the single 3s electron, it's outer shell will have 8 valence electrons from the lower energy shell: 2s^22p^6, the same electron configuration as neon.  This is a more stable arrangement.

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Sodium want to give up an electron and "will always want to give up an electron* because less energy is needed to remove the one valence electron of sodium in order to have an octet configuration. This is the reason why sodium and other alkali metals form positive ions so easily.

Case study

For instance: In forming an ionic bond, the sodium atom, which is electropositive, loses its valence electron to chlorine. The resulting sodium ion has the same electron configuration as neon (1s2 2s22p6). It has a +1 charge, because there are 11 protons in the nucleus, but only 10 electrons around the nucleus of the ion

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