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What do you call an atom that gains or loses electrons?
An atom that gains or loses electrons is called an ion. If it gains electrons, it results in a negative ion called an anion. If it loses electrons, it results in a positive ion called a cation.
Which atom is electrically neutral?
All atoms are electrically neutral. If an atom gains or loses an electron, we call it an "ion" rather than an atom.
What do you call an atom that is both an ion and an isotope?
You call it an ion of that isotope. Let's use carbon-14 for example. If a carbon-14 atom gains/loses an electron, you simply call it a "carbon-14 ion".
Is the net charge of an atom always zero?
The net charge of an atom is always zero, because if an atom gains or loses electrons, causing it to acquire a net charge, we then call it an ion, rather than an atom.
What do you call the energy involved when an atom loses an electron?
The amount of energy required to remove an electron form an at is the ionization energy.
What do you call an atom when it has an electric charge?
An atom with an electrical charge is called an ion.
What do you call an atom When an atom losses or gains electrons its called an?
cell
What do we call an atom that loses and electron?
This is a cation (positive ion).
What do we call an atom that loses an electron?
This is a cation (positive ion).
When an atom gains or loses a valence electron it becomes a charged particle call a?
Ion.
When does an atom become ionized?
Why atoms form ions? Atoms form ionsin order to help another to obtain a full octet and to stabilize the valence shell. What happens when an atom forms a ion. charles jimingo
An atom that gains or loses electrons becomes?
Electrons have a negative charge, so they are usually written as "e-". When an atom loses an electron, the net charge on the atom increases.Suppose a hydrogen atom is hanging out (note that hydrogen is diatomic, but ignore that part for now) and somehow loses its electron. The electron will get taken up by something else with a positive charge (opposite charges attract each other). In general it would look something like the following:H -> H+ + e-This positively charged hydrogen (H+ on the products side) is considered a Cation (cation's are positive as they have a T in them that looks like a +, anions don't have a T so they are what we call negatively charged anions).
