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A cation has extra protons and it is positively charged.
An Anion has extra electrons and it is negatively charged.
From, your question, it is an anion.
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When an atom has more electrons than protons it is?
An atom with more protons than electrons is a cation.
How does a cation differ from an anion?
A cation is a type of an ion, or a charged atom. An atom is the main module. They have the same number of protons and electrons. An ion has a different number between the two. A cation is just an atom with fewer electrons than protons.
What does having an unequal number or protons and electrons do to an atom?
It makes it an ion: If have more protons than electrons is positive. (cation) If more electrons than protons is negative. (anion)
What happens if the number of protons and electrons in an atom are not equal?
Then a cation (more protons than electrons) or anion (more electrons than protons) are formed. But this only applies for changing the number of electrons. If the number of protons are changed, a whole new element is created. For example, Carbon should have 6 protons and 6 electrons. If 1 electron is removed, then we would have a carbon cation because it has a charge of +1
An atom that has more or fewer electrons than it has protons is called?
More electrons = negatively charged = anion Less electrons = positively charged = cation
What is an atom that has more electrons than normal referred to as?
An atom with extra (a higher number than that of its protons) electrons is an anion. An atom with a lower count than its protons is a cation. They are often reffered to as positive (cation) or negative (anion) Ions. An Ion is defined as a charged particle.
What is the atom with the most electrons than protons is called?
If you mean an atom with more electrons than protons it is called an ion. More specifically an anion (negatively charged)
What is am atom that has more or fewer electrons than it has protons?
The type of particle that has either more or fewer electrons than protons is an ion. Ions are called cations when they have fewer electrons than protons and anions when they have more.
What happens with the electrons when an atom froms a cation and an anion?
A cation is an atom that has lost one or more electrons. An anion is an atom that has gained one or more electrons.
Do anions have different number of protons than electrons?
In an ion, there are either more more protons or more electrons. That is what gives the charge. If the charge of an ion is positive, there are less electrons than protons. If the charge of an ion is negative, there are more electrons than protons.
What does a charge on a ion indicate about the number of protons and electrons?
A positive charge (cation) indicates that there are more protons than electrons.A negative charge (anion) indicates that there are less protons than electrons.
What is the diffrenece between an anion and a cation?
An anion has gained electrons and therefore has a negative charge, while a cation has lost electrons and therefore has a positive charge.
