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
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
