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When electrons move from one atom to another, they change the charge of the atoms. If you remove one electron that atom becomes 1+ charged because a negative was taken away, making it more positive than negative. The atom that recieves an electron becomes 1- charged because you added a negative, making the atom more negative than positive.
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What happens to an atom when it looses an electron?
If an atom loses an electron, its charge becomes a positive. (The process of losing an electron is called OXIDATION, by the way.) Depending on the electron configuration, the atom could become "happy" (because its outer ring is now empty) or it could want to bond with another atom to fill ALL of the spots on its outer electron ring.
How are ions formed from atoms?
Ions are the formation of unbalanced atoms due to an attraction caused by a near completion of an electron ring in one atom and extra or valence electrons in the outer ring of another. If an atom gains an extra electron its over all charge is negative and the opposite is true for the atom gaining an electron.
What are found in the space surrounding the nucleus of an atom?
The space around the nucleus of an atom is called the electron cloud. The electron cloud is the space in which the electrons of that atom travel. Compared to the nucleus, the electron cloud is enormous.
What is the overall of an atom?
The overall of an atom is a nucleus (protons and neutrons), and 1 or 2 electrons. The rest are for large atoms: an electron shell, electrons, an electron shell, electrons, an electron shell, electrons, an electron shell, electrons, an electron shell, electrons, an electron shell, electrons, an electron shell, electrons.
The part of the atom that accounts for electricity is the?
The electron is the part of the atom that accounts for electricity.
What happens when an atom loses an electron to another atom?
The atom that gains electron becomes an anion. The atom that loses electron becomes a cation.
Which type of bond is created when one atom takes an electron from another to fill its valence shell?
An Ionic bond.
What takes up most of the space of the atom?
The electron cloud or electron shell
What bond forms when one atom with many electrons in its outermost orbital takes an electron from another atom which has few electrons in its outermost orbital?
ionic bond
What holds two atoms together when one atom takes an electron from another atom?
The atom that gains the electron becomes a negatively charged ion and the atom that loses the electron becomes a positively charged ion. The electrostatic attraction between the two oppositely charged ions forms the ionic bond that holds them together.
How does ionic bonds form?
Ionic bonds are formed when atoms lose or gain electrons in order to have a full outer shell of electrons to make them stable.One atom pulls an electron from another atom.
What holds atom in covalent compound?
Each atom in a covalent bond shares at least one electron with another electron of another atom to maintain the covalent bond.
What is the atom that loses or transfers an electron to another atom is called?
an isotope
What part of an atom is used to tell how one atom will bond with another atom?
Electron
How do you remove an electron from an atom?
You dont remove an electron from an atom. Its kept there by the bonds of the atom. However, you can split an atom from an atom.
What happens to a neutral atom that accepts one electron?
The neutral atom then takes on a negative charge because the incoming electron has a negetive charge.
Which parts of an atom can move to another atom and cause it to be positively charged?
electron
