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A magnesium atom is converted to a magnesium ion when the atom?
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Loses two electrons.
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Is magnesium an ion or an atom?
Magnesium is an atom; but this atom can be transformed in an electrically charged atom - called cation, Mg2+.
Is milk of magnesia a polyatomic ion?
Magnesium is an atom; but as an atom magnesium has 3 stable isotopes and ca. 18 artificial isotopes. And in solutions magnesium exist as the cation Mg2+. Therefore magnesium is atom, has isotopes and also can be ion.
What is the charge on an atom of magnesium?
The neutral atom of magnesium has no electrical charge; the ion is bivalent.
Which atom of sulfur and magnesium for a positive ion during ionic bonding?
Magnesium is the cation and sulfur is the anion.
How many protons are there in the nucleus of a magnesium ion?
Any atom of magnesium will have 12 protons.Neutral atoms of Mg-24 will have 12 neutrons and 12 electrons. Mg-25 has 13 neutrons and Mg-26 has 14 neutrons. A magnesium ion will have either 10 or 11 electrons.
Is magnesium an ion or an atom?
Magnesium is an atom; but this atom can be transformed in an electrically charged atom - called cation, Mg2+.
Is magnesium an ion?
Magnesium is an atom; but this atom can be transformed in an electrically charged atom - called cation, Mg2+.
Is milk of magnesia a polyatomic ion?
Magnesium is an atom; but as an atom magnesium has 3 stable isotopes and ca. 18 artificial isotopes. And in solutions magnesium exist as the cation Mg2+. Therefore magnesium is atom, has isotopes and also can be ion.
What is the charge on an atom of magnesium?
The neutral atom of magnesium has no electrical charge; the ion is bivalent.
When a nitrogen atom is converted into an ion what is the name of the ion?
It is called a Nitride Ion
How a magnesium atom becomes an ion?
It loses an electron.
What happens when a magnesium atom loses an electron?
It becomes a positively charged Magnesium ion.
What does the charge on the magnesium ion have to do with the number of valence electrons that an atom of magnesium has?
The charge on a magnesium ion is +2. This indicates that the two valence electrons present in a magnesium atom have been donated to form one or two anions of some other element.
What does many atom ion mean?
ion can be produced when atom lose or gain electron when it lose electron it's converted to cation(+) but when gained it's converted to anion(-)
Which atom of sulfur and magnesium for a positive ion during ionic bonding?
Magnesium is the cation and sulfur is the anion.
Explain How do the atom of magnesium and chlorine form ions?
A magnesium atom gives two electrons to two chlorine atoms to form a magnesium ion and two chloride ions.
What elements are in magnesium nitride?
Nitride is an ion consisting of a single nitrogen atom with a 3- charge. This must be balanced by a positive ion, usually a metal ion. What metal it is can vary.
