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For one kind of atom to become another kind of atom which particles of the atom need to be expelled or gained?
It is very unusual for one kind of atom to become another kind atom, however it does happen in radioactive processes. Every element is characterized by a distinct number of protons. For example, all hydrogen atoms have 1 proton, all helium atoms have 2 protons, etc. Atoms also include electrons and neutrons. However, adding or removing electrons or neutrons does not change the kind of atom. For example, a helium atom with 2 electrons or 1 electron is still a helium atom. Alpha decay is an example of a radioactive process in which the number of protons changes (and therefore the kind of atom changes). An alpha particle includes 2 protons and 2 neutrons. When it is expelled from an atom, a new kind atom is formed. This occurs when a uranium atom (92 protons) is changed into a thorium atom (90 protons) + an alpha particle.
What happens when the number of protons in an atom change?
The type of atom is now different from what it was. (It has a new identity.)
For the atom not to be an ion how should the number of electrons change?
In order for an atom to be an ion, it must have a charge. Atoms are naturally neutral, however, and have a charge of 0 because they have the same number of protons and electrons.In order for an atom to become an ion, it must lose or gain electrons. An atom WILL NOT become an ion if it loses or gains protons, though, because if the number of protons changes, its atomic number changes, and it becomes a different element. For example, if an atom loses one electron, it is now more positive, and its charge becomes +1.
What happen when an atom forms an ion?
For an atom to form an ion, it has to either gain or lose one or more electrons. Usually this happens during a chemical reaction, when an element gains or loses electrons to achieve noble gas configuration.
When does an atom become electrically balanced?
An atom gains a net charge by losing or gaining one or more electrons. If an atom loses one or more electrons, it will become a positively charged ion. If it gains one or more electrons, it will become a negatively charged ion.
Which subatomic particle changes when an atom becomes an ion?
When an atom becomes ionized, it gains or loses electrons (usually one).
When gaining electrons does an atom become negative or positive?
Gaining an electron that has a negative charge would negatively charge the atom.
What kinds of ions do a sodium atom and chlorine atom become what a valence electron is transferred from one to the other?
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What happens to an atom of a particular element if it loses a proton?
An atom likes to become stable. The number of protons and electrons in the atom are the same. Protons are positively charged, neutrons have no charge (ie they are neutral) and electrons are negatively charged. If one electrons is lost the whole atom would become positive.
How could a fluorine atom change into a fluorine ion?
A fluorine atom changes into a fluoride ion by gaining one electron and developing a 1- charge.
What will happen to the atom if one proton and one electron are removed?
You can't just remove a proton or an electron. But theoretically, it will become an atom of the compound just before it in the periodic table. For example, Oxygen will become Nitrogen.
How does a unstable atom with one valence electron become stable?
Generally by losing the one electron
