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What do you think happens to the size of the electron when it loses and electron?
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∙ 11y ago
The ATOM decreases in size when it loses an electron and increases when electrons are added.
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What happens to the size of a sodium atom when it loses an electron?
Any modification occur.
What do you think happens to the size of an atom when the atom lose an electron?
It shrinks loosing an electron.
When a atom loses an electron it grows larger in size?
It grows smaller in size.
What happens when a magnesium ion loses an electron?
It becomes a positive ion and atomic radius decreases in size, its divalent ion is more stable though.
What do you think happens to the size of an Atom when Atom loses an electron?
The atom would stay the same size because it would still have the same amount of energy levels. The mass of the atom would be slightly less though.No, an atom shrinks when loosing an electron.There are less electrons ('-'charges) left that are attracted by the same number of protons ('+'charges) in nucleus, so the atraction per electron is stronger.
What change to the nucleus when it loses one electron?
Just making sure, first off, that you realize electrons are not in the nucleus. They float in the empty space around the nucleus, of an atom. But if your asking what happens to the atom once it loses an electron, the atom then has a positive charge, and becomes a positive ion. The atomic size[of the atom alone] becomes smaller due to the greater pull the protons are able to have on the electrons.
What happens to fat cells when someone loses weight?
they decreased in size but did not decrease in number
Size and shape of an electron cloud are most closely related to the electron's?
mass i think
What do you think happens to the side to the size of an atom when the atom loses an electron?
The atom would stay the same size because it would still have the same amount of energy levels. The mass of the atom would be slightly less though.No, an atom shrinks when loosing an electron.There are less electrons ('-'charges) left that are attracted by the same number of protons ('+'charges) in nucleus, so the atraction per electron is stronger.
How does the size of an atomic nucleus compare with the size of the whole atom?
Think of the sun as the nucleus and the oort cloud (past pluto) as where the electron orbitals start. The size (volume) of the nucleus is tiny compared to the size (volume) of the atom (defined by the extent of the electron cloud).
How does the size of an atom change when it is converted to an anion and a cation?
A cation is an element that loses electrons in order to achieve a pseudo-noble gas electron configuration:Hence, when a cation loses electrons it has an uneven number of (p+) and (e-). The protons then pull harder on the electrons or (e-) because there is more positive charged subatomic particles than there are negatively charged subatomic particles. The remaining electrons are closer to the nucleus making the cation smaller in size than the original atom.
Does a electron cloud have a specific size?
It is impossible to know exactly where an electron is. Thus, the size of an electron cloud can be given only in terms of probability. Even then, the size of the electron cloud depends on how many electrons an atom possesses.
