
Arturo O. answered 11/02/17
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You did not provide a list of candidate elements to choose from. But based on the wording of the question, it would likely be an alkali metal, which has only 1 electron in its outer band. Alkali metals are in the far left column of the periodic table. They are Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, and Fr.