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An atom that has more or fewer electrons than it has protons is called?
More electrons = negatively charged = anion Less electrons = positively charged = cation
Does a negative ion have more protons or electrons?
Protons are positively charged. Neutrons are neutrally charged. Electrons are negatively charged. Therefore if an atom is positively charged, it could have any amount of protons or neutrons, one does not need to be more than the other. However we can say it will definitely have more protons than electrons.
True or false a surface that loses electrons becomes positively charged?
True. When a surface loses electrons, it becomes positively charged because it has more positively charged protons compared to the negatively charged electrons.
How does an atom become a positively charged ion?
An atom becomes a positively charged ion when it loses one or more electrons.
How does an object becomes positively charged?
An object becomes positively charged if it loses electrons. This is because electrons have a negative charge, so the less of them there are in an object, the stronger the positive charge is.
How do positively charged objects differ from negatively charged objects?
Positively charged objects have an excess of protons compared to electrons, while negatively charged objects have an excess of electrons compared to protons. These imbalances in charge cause positively charged objects to attract negatively charged objects and repel other positively charged objects, and vice versa for negatively charged objects.
A positively charged what has more protons than electrons?
That would be a positively charged ion. (cation)
What is a charged particle because it had more or fewer electrons then protons?
Cations are positively charged ions formed when atoms lose electrons. So they have less electrons than protons. Anions are negatively charged ions formed when atoms gain electrons. So they have more electrons than protons.
Would the Lewis structure for a cation contain more electrons or fewer electrons?
It would have fewer electrons. A cation is a positively charged ion which means that there are fewer negatively charged electrons than positively charged protons.
Why are cations positively charged?
Cations are positively charged because they have lost one or more electrons, leaving them with more protons than electrons, resulting in a net positive charge.
What is an object that is positively charge?
If an object has an unequal number of protons and electrons, then the object becomes electrically charged. An object that is positively charged has more protons than electrons.
What happens to an element if it becomes a cation?
Cations are formed when elements lose electrons. Then they get positively charged.
