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Phosphorus will form the phosphide (P3-) ion.
The ion of phosphorous (P) is P^3- and is referred to as phosphide.
Basically, an ion is when the charge of an element is not what it would normally be. So if you took oxygen, which is naturally a -2 charge, and it lost an electron, it would become an oxygen ion with a charge of -1.
The chemical difference between PO43- and P is that PO43- is an anion, meaning it carries a negative charge of -3, while P is the element phosphorus on its own. PO43- represents a phosphate ion, which is formed when phosphorus combines with four oxygen atoms, hence the -3 charge.
it would have a net negative charge.
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The charge of Phosphorous (P) as an ion is -3.
The phosphide ion, meaning phosphorous by itself not bound up in a poly-atomic ion, has a charge of -3 in ionic compounds.
Also phosphorous is the ion (PO3)3-.
Phosphorus will form the phosphide (P3-) ion.
An Al ion would have a +3 charge.
I predict that an ion of sodium will have a charge of plus one.
All ions have an electrical charge.
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The ion of phosphorous (P) is P^3- and is referred to as phosphide.
Basically, an ion is when the charge of an element is not what it would normally be. So if you took oxygen, which is naturally a -2 charge, and it lost an electron, it would become an oxygen ion with a charge of -1.
An ion does have a charge. That is what makes it an ion.