If the ion is positive, then the loss of an electron will result in the ion having one greater positive charge. (A +3 ion will be +4.) If the ion is negative, then the loss of an electron will result in the ion being one less negative than it was previously. (A -4 ion wil be -3. A -1 ion will be neutral and have a zero charge.)
Electrons create negative charge, so if there are more protons than electrons (a result of a neutral atom, which by definition has an equal number of protons and electrons, losing electrons), the charge on the resulting ion will be positive.
The atom (or "ion", as it should be called) will have a positive charge.
One negative is lost. So charge is increased by 1. So it is +1
Electrons have a negative charge, so when an atom gains electrons the resulting ion has a negative charge.
Since electrons are negative and balance out the charge on protons, which are positive, the overall charge will be +.
It will have a positive charge.
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I didn't understand your question but here I go...An ion is an atom that has lost or gained electrons, and now has a positive or negative charge, respectively.A cation is an ion with a positive charge. An atom that lost electrons and now has less electrons than protons.ANDAn anion is an ion with a negative charge. An atom that gained electrons and now has more electrons than protons.
A charged atom is called an ion. If it is charged because it has lost one or more electrons, then it has a positive charge, and is called a cation. If it has gained one or more electrons it is called a anion, and has a negative charge.
An atom with no electric charge will be called a neutral atom. In a neutral atom, there is a balance of charges, and the number of protons will be equal to the number of electrons. It's really that simple. Compare this to atoms that have an imbalance of charges. These atoms are called ions.
Yttrium (Y) has, for the most part, 39 electrons. In its ion (atom with a charge that has lost or gained electrons) form though, it has 36 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.
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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.
loses 2 electrons to form a calcium ion with 2+ charge
A negatively charged ion is an atom that has gained one or more electrons and has therefore gained a negative charge.
An ion is an atom or molecule which has lost or gained one or more valence electrons, giving it a positive or negative charge.
It has gained two electrons.
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I didn't understand your question but here I go...An ion is an atom that has lost or gained electrons, and now has a positive or negative charge, respectively.A cation is an ion with a positive charge. An atom that lost electrons and now has less electrons than protons.ANDAn anion is an ion with a negative charge. An atom that gained electrons and now has more electrons than protons.
The answer would be ion :D
Gained 2 electrons