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How an atom becom a ion?

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Anonymous

∙ 14y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

By gaining or losing an electron.

A good rule of thumb is that metals lose electrons to become positively charged cations, and non metals gain electrons to become negatively charged anions.

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Wiki User

∙ 14y ago

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