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What is An atom with one extra electron or one missing electron called?
An atom with one extra electron is called an anion, while an atom with one missing electron is called a cation.
'When an atom loses an electron what does it become?
When an atom loses an electron, it becomes a positively charged ion.
What does the nucleus of the one atom want to do to the electrons of a nearby atom?
If the nucleus is missing an atom, it will try to steel an electron from another atom.
What does the nucleus of one want to do to the electrons of a nearby atom?
If the nucleus is missing an atom, it will try to steel an electron from another atom.
If a fluorine were to attract an extra electron from lithium the lithium atom would become blank charge?
If a fluorine atom were to attract an extra electron from a lithium atom, the lithium atom would become a positive charge because it loses an electron.
What kind of charge does an atom have after losing an electron?
This atom become a cation (positive).
What happens to an atom's overall charge if it gains an electron?
since an electron is negatively charged, adding an electron to an atom will cause it to become negatively charged.
When an atom loses an electron the atom becomes?
The loss of an electron would cause an overall electrically neutral atom to become a positively charged ion.
When an atom loses an electron become a?
It becomes a cation.
What an atom has to do to become an ion?
Lose or gain an electron
How does a hydrogen ion change into an atom?
A hydrogen ion can change into an atom by gaining an electron. When a hydrogen ion, which is essentially a hydrogen atom that has lost its electron, gains an electron back, it will become a neutral hydrogen atom.
When a lithium atom forms a Li plus ion the lithium atom does what?
THe lithoium atom has IONISED ( lost) an electron, to become the lithium ION.
