A charged atom is very different from an uncharged atom because when it becomes charged, that is a result of a loss or gain of electrons, which changes how the element will react with other elements. It also changes the forces of attraction between elements. For example, when a regular atom of sodium is introduced to a regular atom of chlorine, chlorines electronegativity causes it to 'steal' an electron from sodium. This allows both sodium and Chlorine to have full outer shells, which is what every element needs to be 'happy'. These two molecules now have charges. Sodium is plus one, and Chlorine is minus one. Since chlorine is now negative and sodium is positive, they attract to each other forming the compound commonly known as salt. So when an atom becomes an ion, it changes its ability to form compounds as well as move.
First of all, an Ion is an atom that has a number of electrons that is ether higher or lover then the number of protons in the atom. As their names would suggest, a positive Ion has lost a number of electrons and has a positive charge, while a negative Ion has gained a number of electrons and has a negative charge.
the positive ion has lost 1 or more electrons
The ion has fewer electrons
It depends, a proton if is is positively charged ( +) electron if it is negatively charged ( - )
an ionAn atom is electrically neutral as they have the same number of positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons.
Electrons are negatively charged (around the nucleus) and protons are positively charged (inside the nucleus)
Electrically charged atoms are collectively called ION.S. Once an atom becomes elecgrically charged it is no longer an atom , but an ION. A positively charged ion is called a CATION e.g. Na^(+) A negatively charged ion is called an ANION e.g. Cl^(-) .
When an atom gains an electron it becomes an ion with a charge of negative one. This charge comes from the electron's negativity, which changes the atom's balanced ratio of electrons to protons.
the ion has a greater number of electrons
A charged atom is an ion. A positively charged version is a cation and a negatively charged one, an anion.
An ion is a positively or negatively charged atom or molecule.
A neutron because it has a neutral charge. An uncharged atom is just called by its name, e.g. a Silver or an Iron atom. A charged atom is called an Ion: Cations are positively charged and Anions are negatively charged. A neutron is subatomic particle, not an atom. Atoms consist of neutral neutrons, negatively charged electrons, and positively charged protons.
A charged atom is an ion. An atom that has lost one or more electrons becomes a positively charged ion called a cation. An atom that has gained one or more electrons becomes a negatively charged ion called an anion.
IONS OS ION ^^A charged atom is called an ion
An electrically charged atom is an ion.
A charged atom is a Ion.
It depends, a proton if is is positively charged ( +) electron if it is negatively charged ( - )
IONS OS ION ^^A charged atom is called an ion
a decharge is the chargeness of a aton is a uncharged atom or a flouidpouis
Removal of an electron from an atom leaves a positively charged ion.