It becomes a positively charged ion.
An ionic molecule is formed.
Aluminum, sulfur, fluorine, phosphorus, iodine, and neon
If the atom loses electrons, the atom becomes positively charged because the number of positively charged protons.
The charge of an atom depends on the number of protons as compared with the number of electrons. Each electron has a charge of -1 ECU (electron charge unit), and each proton has a charge of +1 ECU. An Ion is an atom that has a net electric charge that is not 0, because of the introduction or removal of electrons.
A neutron has a neutral charge. The atom itself consists of protons neutrons and electrons. Neutrons do not serve much purpose except holding the protons in the nucleus and making different isotopes. An atom can become positively charged if it looses an electron which originally carried a negative charge. If that atom were to gain an electron it would become negatively charged.
When an atom loses an electron, it becomes a cation and has a positive charge.
An ionic molecule is formed.
if it looses an electron
When an atom gains or looses a valence electron it becomes a charged particle called an ion
When an atoms gains an electron the atom changes into a negative ion and when an atom loses an electron the atom changes into a positive ion.
When an atom looses an electron is called "a cation, when gains is called an "anion".
An atom looses or gains electron to become ion. Ions are +ve and -ve atoms.
If an atom loosed electrons then it becomes an ion. The electrical charge in the atom becomes a positive ion.
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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.
Aluminum, sulfur, fluorine, phosphorus, iodine, and neon
It becomes positively charged because the positive protons now outnumber the negative electrons.