it forms an ionic bond with the atom it has received an electron from.
an atom that gains an electron becomes a negative ion, called an anion.
This is called a redox reaction. An atom that loses an electron is oxidized and an atom that gains an electron is reduced.
When an atoms gains an electron the atom changes into a negative ion and when an atom loses an electron the atom changes into a positive ion.
The atom that gains electron becomes an anion. The atom that loses electron becomes a cation.
An Electron
an anion
An atom that gains three electrons will become an ion with a 3- charge.
An atom that has gained an electron has a negative charge and is called an anion.
Ion. Any atom that loses or gains an electron becomes an ion.
Ion. Any atom that loses or gains an electron becomes an ion.
When an atom gains an electron it becomes an ion with a charge of negative one. This charge comes from the electron's negativity, which changes the atom's balanced ratio of electrons to protons.
When an atom gains an electron the no of negatively charged particles increases inside the atom and the atom gets negatively charged.