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It depends on the element. For example, when iron loses electrons and formes iron-oxide, it is called rusting. With radioactive elements like uranium, it is called degrading, collapsing, or decomposing. A general word for this is reacting but this is a very bad word because it could mean gaining an element or something completely different.
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When it or loses or gains electrons it becomes charged - either positively or negatively. This not the same as decay, which happens to radioactive elements, and is caused by the nucleus breaking up and ejecting particles and becoming another element
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What does an object get when it gains or loses electrons?
electric charge
An object picks up a static charge when the object gains or loses?
Electrons
When an atom gains or loses electrons it is called an?
covalent/ionic bonding.
When the number of electrons in an atom changes what is the new atom called?
When an atom loses or gains electrons, it becomes an ion.
A material has a net charge because it?
A net charge results when an atom gains or loses electrons. If it loses electrons, it gains a positive charge, if it gains them, it gains a net negative charge.
What does an object get when it gains or loses electrons?
electric charge
Is the change in mass significant when an object gains or loses electrons?
no
What cause an electric charged?
when an object gains or loses electrons
An object picks up a static charge when the object gains or loses?
Electrons
What do you call an atom that gains or loses electrons?
An atom that gains or loses electrons is called an ion. If it gains electrons, it results in a negative ion called an anion. If it loses electrons, it results in a positive ion called a cation.
When an object gains or loses electrons it has a?
It's safe to say if an object gains or loses electrons its electric charge has changed. If it was overall electrically neutral before it lost electrons, it would then have a positive charge; if it acquired electrons from initially being neutral, it would have a negative charge. At the atomic level this is called ionization.
When does an object become electrically charged?
When it gains or loses electrons, usually by friction with another object.
When a molecule gains oxygen or loses electrons its called?
an ion
When an atom gains or loses electrons it is called an?
covalent/ionic bonding.
What determines whether a charged object gains or loses electrons?
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When an atom gains or loses electrons it has an electrical charge. It is known as?
It is called an ion.
When a sodium atom gains or loses a valence electron it becomes a charged particle called an?
Atoms that gain or lose electrons are called ions. If it gains one or more electrons it becomes negative it is called an anion. If it loses one or more electrons and becomes positive it is called a cation.
