What are the differences between sodium atom and sodium ion?

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When sodium atom loses 1 electron it changes into sodium ion. Differences between atom and ion are as follows:

$\begin{matrix} S o d i u m A t o m & S o d i u m I o n 1 & N a h a s 11 e l e c t r o n s i n i t s s h e l l s . & 1 & N a^{+} h a s 10 e l e c t r o n s i n i t s s h e l l s . 2 & N a i s n e u t r a l . & 2 & N a^{+} i s a p o s i t i v e l y c h a r g e d i o n s . \end{matrix}$

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