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How many electrons will oxygen lose or gain when it forms an ion?
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Will lead gain or lose electrons?
Lead is a metal that forms a positively charged cation. It must lose electrons.
Do Covalent bonds do not gain or lose electrons?
Covalent bonds do not gain or lose electrons, but rather share electrons.
Will Arsenic lose or gain electrons?
Arsenic can lose and gain electrons.
What is the charge on an oxygen atom?
Corrected: All atoms have a neutral charge until they lose or gain electrons. Once they lose/gain electrons then they are considered ions with respectively positive (on loosing) or negative charge (on gaining electrons, as oxygen tends to do).NO: 2-. It's the same as minus 2, but is written as 2- for conventions.
Does a sulfur atom gain or lose an ion and does it lose an electron or proton or neutron?
Sulfur can gain maximum of 2 electrons and lose maximum of 6 electrons.
Does oxygen gain or lose electrons What kind of charge will it have?
when it forms an ion it would gain two electrons, becoming negatively charged (2-)
When an atom of magnesium forms an ionic bond with an atom of oxygen which will gain electrons?
Magnesium has a charge of 2+ and oxygen 2- Magnesium will lose the two "extra electrons" in its valence shell when creating an ionic bond with oxygen. The oxygen will gain these two electrons.
What forms when atoms gain electrons Lose electrons?
An ionic bond.
How Many electrons will iron gain or lose when it forms a ferric ion?
it will lose 3 electrons
Do oxygen gain or lose electrons?
Oxygen is an oxidizer, it will gain electrons in a reaction to complete it's valence shell.
Will lead gain or lose electrons?
Lead is a metal that forms a positively charged cation. It must lose electrons.
Would Oxygen gain or lose an electron when forming an ion?
Oxygen will gain two electrons to achieve a full outer shell.
Do oxygen compounds become more stable or less stable when oxygen forms compounds?
Oxygen has six valence electrons, which means that it needs to gain two to become stable. it takes much more energy for oxygen to lose its 6 valence electrons than it would be to gain 2. When atoms form compounds, they become stable.
Does sulfur gain electrons when combining with other elements?
It can both gain and lose electrons depending on the different elements. With hydrogen, it gains electrons to produce hydrogen sulphide and it will lose electrons with oxygen to produce sulphur oxides. Generally it will tend to gain electrons as it is in group 16 of the elements and so is quite negatively electrovalent but against a more negatively electrovalent elements it can be forced to lose electrons unwillingly as in the case of oxygen. Even though oxygen is also in group 16, sulphur is an order below oxygen and therefore less negatively electrovalent that oxygen.
What forms when atoms gain or lose electrons and become positively and negatively charged?
ions
Do oxygen atoms become more stables or less stable when oxygen forms compounds?
Oxygen has six valence electrons, which means that it needs to gain two to become stable. it takes much more energy for oxygen to lose its 6 valence electrons than it would be to gain 2. When atoms form compounds, they become stable.
How many electrons does iodine lose or gains when it forms a ion?
Iodine tends to gain one electron when it forms an ion.
