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The charge from the protons and electrons. If an atom loses an electron, it will have a net positive charge. If an atom gains an extra electron, it will have a net negative charge.
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∙ 14y agoelectron is itself a fundamental negative particle while protonic positive charge is due to presence of 3 quarks in it neutron also has 3 quarks but no charge.
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What is the name of any atom or group of atoms with a negative charge?
Anion/Anions.
What is the group of atoms which behaves as if it were a unit with a charge is called?
Ions. Usually negative ions, but not always.
Is ion a metal?
No, an ion is any atom or group atoms with a net positive or negative electric charge. Metals can form ions, but compounds contain metal ions are known as metal salts, not metals. In their pure "metallic" form metals exists as neutral atoms.
What is polytomic ion?
A Polyatomic ion is a covalently bonded group of atoms that has a positive or negative charge and acts as a unit
What is the difference between ions and electrons?
An ion is an atom or group of atoms that has an electrical charge from having either gained or lost electrons. An ion may have either a positive or a negative charge. An electron is a subatomic particle that carries a negative charge and is usually found in the orbitals of atoms and ions.
What is it when a group of atoms have an electric charge?
Ions are formed when atoms have charges. Cations are species with positive charge. Anions are species with negative charge.
What is an atom or a group of atoms called with an electric charge?
That's called an ion.
What is the Charge of an atom or group of atoms?
Zero. (Ions have charge; atoms are always neutral.)
What is a group of atoms with with a positive or negative charge?
A polyatomic ion is a group of atoms with a charge.
What is an atom or group of atoms that has an electric charge is called?
Such charged particles are known as ions. A positively charged ion is called a cation; a negatively charged particle is called an anion.Ions: cation (positive charge) and anion (negative charge)
What is an atom or group of atoms that have a positive charge?
they are the cations
What is an atom or group of atoms called that has a neutral charge?
neutron
An ion is?
An ion is an atom (or group of atoms) with an electrical charge.
An atom or group of atoms that carries an electric charge is called an?
Electrically charged atoms are known as ions. Ions occur when an atom looses or gains electrons. A normal atom is neutral, because it has the same number of positive protons and negative neutrons. When electrons are lost or gained, the atom can become positive (a cation) or negative (an anion). When an atom is positeve or negative, it is electrically charged.
What is polyatomic atoms?
a tightly bound group of atoms that behaves as a unit and has a positive or negative charge
What have an electric charge of 1?
Atoms with charge are called ions. These ions have either gained or lost valence electrons to gain a net positive or net negative charge. Ions with a positive electrical charge of positive 1 (+1) are metals in the Alkali Metals Group and Hydrogen. Ions with a negative electrical charge of 1 (-1) are elements in the Halogen Group.
How would you determine which of a group of atoms acquires the most negative charge in a covalent bond with hydrogen?
In a covalent bond neither group of atoms would gain any charge since the electrons are "shared" between two atoms.
