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What is the way in which a neutral atom becomes a positive ion of the same element?
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How can a neutral atom become a positively changed particle?
A neutral atom becomes a positive atom by losing an electron.
Which best describes what happens a neutral atom becomes positive ion?
Cations.
What happens when an element gains electrons?
If a neutral atom gains one or more electrons, then it will have a negative change. If a positive atom gains electrons, it will have an increase in change, but the charge may be negative, neutral, or positive based on the initial charge and number of electrons gained. The process in which an atom gains electrons is known as reduction.
What is the atomic number of in atom?
atomic number is how much protons(positive atom) and neutrons(neutral atom) are there in an element. therefore an atom does not have an atomic number
Is it positive to identify an atom by the number of protons it has?
The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom positively identifies the element of which the atom is an example, whether the atom is neutral or ionized.
How can a neutral atom become a positively changed particle?
A neutral atom becomes a positive atom by losing an electron.
How does a positive ion become a neutral atom?
It can be positive or negative depending on if the atom loses or gains an electron. If it gains an electron it becomes negative and if it loses an electron it becomes positive.
When does the formation of a positive ion occur?
When a neutral atom loses one or more electrons, the atom becomes a positive ion.
If a neutral atom becomes positively charged has it been oxidized or reduced?
With the loss of electron a neutral atom becomes positive ion and loss of electron is known as oxidation.
Which best describes what happens a neutral atom becomes positive ion?
Cations.
When a very electronegative element like oxygen is bonded to hydrogen is?
the hydrogen atom becomes partially positive, the electronegative atom becomes partially negative
What happens when an element gains electrons?
If a neutral atom gains one or more electrons, then it will have a negative change. If a positive atom gains electrons, it will have an increase in change, but the charge may be negative, neutral, or positive based on the initial charge and number of electrons gained. The process in which an atom gains electrons is known as reduction.
What is the atomic number of in atom?
atomic number is how much protons(positive atom) and neutrons(neutral atom) are there in an element. therefore an atom does not have an atomic number
When a compound donates electrons the compound becomes what?
if a neutral atom donates an electron it will gain a positive charge. This is due to electrons having a negative charge.
Do a neutral atom have a charge?
It is because there is an equal amount of positive and negative charge to produce a neutral charge. Just the presence of neutrons does not make the atom neutral. An atom will lose its neutral charge if it loses or gains electrons and becomes an ion
Is it positive to identify an atom by the number of protons it has?
The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom positively identifies the element of which the atom is an example, whether the atom is neutral or ionized.
What happens when a neutral atom becomes positive ion?
the excess protons pull harder on the fewer neutrons
