electric charge
Electrons
A net charge results when an atom gains or loses electrons. If it loses electrons, it gains a positive charge, if it gains them, it gains a net negative charge.
An ion.
When an atom gains electrons, negatively charged anions are formed. When an atom loses electrons, positively charged cations are formed.
Isotope
when an object gains or loses electrons
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Electrons
When it gains or loses electrons, usually by friction with another object.
An atom becomes an ion if it gains or loses electrons.
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It's safe to say if an object gains or loses electrons its electric charge has changed. If it was overall electrically neutral before it lost electrons, it would then have a positive charge; if it acquired electrons from initially being neutral, it would have a negative charge. At the atomic level this is called ionization.
A net charge results when an atom gains or loses electrons. If it loses electrons, it gains a positive charge, if it gains them, it gains a net negative charge.
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.
Acetate loses electrons, and the hair gains electrons. So acetate is negatively charged, meaning that the hair is positively charged.
It gains electrons!
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