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If atoms gain electrons, negatively charged anions are formed.
If atoms lose electrons, positively charged cations are formed.
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An ion is formed when am atom?
An ions is formed when an atom gains or loses electrons.
Cations form when an atom gains electrons?
Cations are positive ions, so an atom is supposed to lose electrons to become a cation. Anions are formed when an atom gains electrons.
What does an atom become if it gains or loses electrons?
An ION. Ions are divided into two classes. CATIONS ;positive ions e.g. Na^(+) ANIONS ; negative ions e.g Cl^(-)
An atom becomes an anion when?
When the number of protons or electrons is not even (more protons than electrons or the opposite).
When an atom combines chemically with another atom it either gains loses or share what?
It either gains, loses, or shares electrons.
What do you call it when an atom loses and gains energy?
When and atom loses or gains enery, it becomes positivly or nevetivly charged and can become an ion.
What Atom picks up or loses electrons and gains a charge?
An atom that has lost or gained an electron or electrons is called an ion. When an atom loses an electron, it forms a positive ion because the protons then outnumber the electrons. When an atom gains an electron, it forms a negative ion because the electrons now outnumber the protons. A positive ion is called a cation (pronounced "cat-ion" not "ca-shun.") A negative ion is called an anion (pronounced "an-ion" not "an-yun.")
When an atom loses or gains it becomes what?
An ion.
When an atom loses or gains it becomes a?
Ion
What is an atom that gains and loses an electron and has an electric charge?
When an atom gains electrons, negatively charged anions are formed. When an atom loses electrons, positively charged cations are formed.
What is the result of an atom that gains or loses an electron?
This is called a redox reaction. An atom that loses an electron is oxidized and an atom that gains an electron is reduced.
What is the overall charge on any atom?
An atom is neutral, and therefore has an overall charge of zero. If an atom either loses or gains electrons through a chemical reaction, or loses protons through radioactive decay, so that it then has an overall charge, it is no longer considered to be an atom but is classified as an ion.
