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What happens when an atom loses an electron form its outermost shell?
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∙ 11y ago
It becomes a positive ion, and also connects with the atom that stoles its electron.
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Is an atom positive when it loses an electron from the outermost shell?
An atom becomes more positive when it loses an electron because electrons carry a negative charge. When an atom gains an electron, the atom becomes more negative.
What happens if the outermost electron shell is empty?
the shell would never be empty, there would be another shell under it and it would have all of its valence electrons
What happens what a sodium atom loses an electron in its outer energy shell?
it becomes a positive ionit becomes a positive ion
What kind of a tomb tends to lose one electron?
An atom with single electron in its outermost shell
Number of electrons on an s sublevel in the outermost electron shell of the group IA?
one electron
What happens when an atom loses a electron from its outermost shell?
It becomes possitively charged.It is oxidized.
What happened when an atom loses an electron from its outermost shell?
It becomes a positive ion.
What is the deficiency of sodium?
sodium does not have a deficiency of electrons but has an extra electron in its outermost shell,which it loses to form an ionic bonds.
What happens when a sodium loses an electron in its outer shell?
It becomes positive.
Is an atom positive when it loses an electron from the outermost shell?
An atom becomes more positive when it loses an electron because electrons carry a negative charge. When an atom gains an electron, the atom becomes more negative.
What happens if the outermost electron shell is empty?
the shell would never be empty, there would be another shell under it and it would have all of its valence electrons
What happens when a sodium atom loses an electron in its outer shell?
It becomes positive.
What happens when an atom loses an electron in its outer most shell?
it becomes a positive ion
What happens when a sodium loses an electron in its outer energy shell?
It becomes a positive ion
If electrons have the most energy in an atom electrons in an electron cloud electrons in the outermost electron shell electrons in the innermost electron shell electrons in the nucleus?
Electrons in the outermost energy shell (valence shell) have the most energy.
How many electron in the outermost shell of phosphorus?
5
Why doesn't the sodium atom gain 7 electrons so that its third shell becomes the filled outermost shell?
Atoms with 1 electron on outer shell loses the electron more easily.Atoms with 7 electrons on outer shell gain an electron more easily.Metal and non-metals bond ionically, so one loses electrons; one gains electrons. So everything is going towards that outcome.
