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you add or take away electrons
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What forms when atoms lose or gain electrons and become positively or negatively charged they are know as?
The atom becomes an ion. Also, A positively charged atom is called a Proton A Negatively charged atom is called a Electron
Does every atom have a negatively charged nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons?
No. Every atom has a positively charged nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons.Unless you are talking about antimatter. The atoms of antimatter have negatively charged nuclei and surrounded by positively charged positrons
What is true of an atom nucleus It is negatively charged and takes up most of the atom and space. It is negatively charged and includes most of the atom and mass. It is positively char?
It is positively charged and includes most of the atom and mass.
Are electrons the positively charged particles in an atom?
In an atom of antimatter, that would be true, in an atom of matter that would be false.
How an atom becomes postively or negatively charged when it loses or gains electrons?
An atom is electrically neutral only because the positively charged protons in the nucleus are balanced by the negatively charged electrons orbiting them. Therefore if an atom looses or gains an electrons, the balance is disrupted and an atom overall becomes positively or negatively charged. Loss of electrons will make the atom positvely charged and vice versa.
How can an atom become positively or negatively charged by gaining or losing this subatomic particle?
Gaining or losing electrons can cause an atom to become positively or negatively charged
What forms when atoms lose or gain electrons and become positively or negatively charged they are know as?
The atom becomes an ion. Also, A positively charged atom is called a Proton A Negatively charged atom is called a Electron
What is a charged atom?
A charged atom is an ion. A positively charged version is a cation and a negatively charged one, an anion.
Does every atom have a negatively charged nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons?
No. Every atom has a positively charged nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons.Unless you are talking about antimatter. The atoms of antimatter have negatively charged nuclei and surrounded by positively charged positrons
What is true of an atom nucleus It is negatively charged and takes up most of the atom and space. It is negatively charged and includes most of the atom and mass. It is positively char?
It is positively charged and includes most of the atom and mass.
What is it known as when an atom gains or loses electrons and become negatively or positively charged?
They are known as ions.
5 What causes an atom to become positively or negatively charged?
Atoms become positively charged when they have a deficit of electrons. Similarly, they become negatively charged when they have a surplus of electrons. Neutral charge, the non-ionized state, is when the number of electrons is the same as the number of protons.
What kind of charged does an atom have?
Atoms are neutrally, positively, or negatively charged.
A positively or negatively chared atom?
It is called ion.Positively charged atom:- CationNegatively charged atom:- Anion
What a ion?
An ion is a positively or negatively charged atom or molecule.
Are electrons the positively charged particles in an atom?
In an atom of antimatter, that would be true, in an atom of matter that would be false.
Is an atom positively negatively or neutrally charged?
If i remember correctly, and atom is neutraly charged. It becomes positively charged or neagative due to induction, contact, static and something else In an atoms nucleus, there are protons, which are positively charged, neutrons, which don't have a charge, and electrons, which are negatively charged. it depends if the atoms are the same compared to the protons it would be negativley charged and when it is in excess it is positivley charged
