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Does AS3- lose or gain electrons?
The ion given is formed when the neutral arsenic atom gains three electrons.
What do atoms gain or lose when they bond?
If the chemical bond is ionic, an electron is gained or lost. If it is covalent, the electron is shared equally; if it is polar covalent, the electron is shared unequally. If the bond is intermolecular, no parts of the atom are actually shared, gained, or lost; the atom itself is simply attracted to other atoms.
Do atoms lose protons but seldom lose or gain electrons?
No. Atoms can gain and lose electrons but seldom gain or lose protons.
Why can an atom lose electrons easily?
Atoms do not always lose electrons. Electrons can be gained too. Atoms always try to have their outer most shell filled, and some atoms such as ones of potassium can easily lose an electron rather than gain an electron. So it would lose an electron to a different atom so that it would have a full outer shell and the other atom would also have a full outer shell.
Does hexane have any unshared electrons?
A hydrogen atom can lose its only electron in an ionic bond. The atom would have no electrons. Actually the correct answer is No.
How does carbon atom become stable?
The only way a carbon atom becomes stable is if they gain or lose electrons. Typically carbon will bond with other elements to do this.
Would a chlorine atom lose electrons or gain electrons to become an atom?
Chlorine gain electrons.
How the charge of an atom changes?
The gain and/or lose of electrons.
An atom does not easily lose or gain electrons if it has?
An atom does not easily lose or gain electrons if is has an equal number of protons and electrons. The charges inside the atom cancel each other, making it neutral.
What does a sulfur atom need to do to become an ion?
It needs to lose, or gain, electrons.
Why does carbon form compounds mainly by covalent bonding?
(a) the atomic no. of carbon is 6 which means that a nutral atom of carbon contains 6 electrons .so, the electronic confugration of carbon is 2 nd 4 since a corbon atom has 4 electrons in tis outermost cell ,so it should either lose 4 electrons or gain 4 electrons to achieve the inert gas electron configuration and become stable,its not possible to remove 4 electrons from a carbon atom,its not possible to add as many as 4 electrons to a carbon atom,,therefore carbon atoms can achieve the inert gas electron arrangment only by the sharing of electrons,tthere fore ,carbon alwayz forms covalent bonds,,.
In order to form an octet an atom of selenium will lose or gain?
gain 2 electrons
Does a metallic atom and a nonmetallic atom both gain electron?
No. A metallic atom will typically lose electrons.
How many electrons will a sulfur atom gain or lose to achieve a noble gas structure?
Sulfur will gain 2 electrons
Would atom with an atomic number of 3 lose or gain electrons?
Lithium loses electrons.
How many more electrons does an atom of carbon need to complete its valence shell?
Carbon needs 4 valence electrons to satisfy it's outer energy level.
What is the name of electrons in the outermost shell that an atom can gain lose or share with another atom?
A Fluorine atom has an atomic number of 9. Draw out the electron shell diagram for Fluorine. Is a Fluorine atom more likely to gain, lose or share electrons to fill its valence shell?
