After it has lost an electron, a hydrogen ion contains one proton and a variable number of neutrons depending on the isotope (usually none).
A hydrogen atom that has lost an electron has a net positive charge since it now has one less negatively charged electron compared to its positively charged proton. This charged hydrogen atom is known as a hydrogen ion, specifically a proton.
A hydrogen ion can change into an atom by gaining an electron. When a hydrogen ion, which is essentially a hydrogen atom that has lost its electron, gains an electron back, it will become a neutral hydrogen atom.
The positively charged subatomic particles that remain when a hydrogen atom loses an electron are protons. Each hydrogen atom normally contains one proton, and when an electron is lost, the proton remains with a net positive charge.
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It is NOT greater. It is smaller. This is because the Hydrogen ion has lost its electron from the atom and is thus smaller. The hydrogen ion is a proton.
The scientist said "Are you positive"
The scientist said "Are you positive"
No, typically hydrogen forms a positive ion.
No, the former answer (striked through below this) is very wrong!Hydrogen (elemental H atom) contains only 1 (one!) electron (1s1) and since a H ion (H+) has lost that one to become stable, this H+ ion has no (zero!) electrons at all.Only the very rare and exceptional, negatively charged hydride ion H- ion contains two electrons (1s2 configuration, not favoured, not enough electronegativity)Yes. A Hydrogen atom "wants" to be stable, so it gains an electron to be iso-electronic with helium. After that, its electron configuration is 1s2. H+
An acidic hydrogen atom is a hydrogen atom that has lost its electron and is running around as a hydrogen ion. The lone proton (in 1H) has loaned out its electron in a chemical reaction, like to chlorine in HCl, and when HCl is combined with water, the H and the Cl separate into H+ and Cl- ions. That H+ ion is the acidic hydrogen atom.
A hydrogen atom carries a neutral charge. (The number of protons and electrons are balanced.)A hydrogen cation is an ion so it carries a charge, and it's a positive charge because it's a cation. (There is one less electron, which makes the element a cation.)
Only one element has single proton(proton is correct spelling). The element is Hydrogen. It has a single proton in it's nucleus and no neutrons. A single electron revolves around in s subshell of 1st energy shell( K shell). A Hydrogen atom which has lost it's electron can be said to be proton. No other element known has single proton in the nucleus (protons only reside in nucleus of atom) of it's atom.