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What happens with the electrons when an atom froms a cation and an anion?
A cation is an atom that has lost one or more electrons. An anion is an atom that has gained one or more electrons.
What is an atom that has lost or gained one or more valence electrons called?
covalent bonds
What is a negativiely charged ion?
A negatively charged ion is an atom that has gained one or more electrons and has therefore gained a negative charge.
A charge atom that has gained one or more electrons?
An ion is a charged atom that has gained or lost one or more electrons. An ion has an unequal number electrons and protons giving it either a positive or negative charge.
A charged atom is?
A charged atom is an ion. An atom that has lost one or more electrons becomes a positively charged ion called a cation. An atom that has gained one or more electrons becomes a negatively charged ion called an anion.
What is an atom that has an electric charge because it lost or gained electrons?
An atom that carries an electrical charge because it has gained or lost electrons is called an "ion". An atom that has gained one or more electrons, and has a negative electrical charge, is called an "anion". An atom that has lost one or more electrons, and has a positive electrical charge, is called a "cation". The term "ion" is used to refer to both cations and anions collectively or non-specifically.
What happens when a atom forms an ion?
The atom had either lost or gained one or more electrons forming and ion. Thus the ion has an overall electric charge.
The atom that has gained or lost electrons is called an ion?
Correct, an ion is an atom or molecule that has gained or lost electrons, giving it a positive or negative charge. A positively charged ion is called a cation, and a negatively charged ion is called an anion.
Which two atoms an iconic bond?
Atoms that have lost one or more electrons form an ionic bond with an atom that has gained one of more electrons.
What is an atom that has given up or gained electrons?
Atoms that have lost or gained one or more electrons are called ions.An atom that has gained and electron is an anion; and atom that has lost an electron is a cation. Gaining an electron means the anion has a negative charge; losing one or more electrons means the atom has a positive charge.
What is an atom that has gained an electron to fill a valence shell?
Anion. Cation is an ion that loses one or more electron.
Does an atom become an anion by lossing electrons?
No. An anion is negatively charged because it has gained one or more electrons.
