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When the number of electrons changes the atom becomes what?
a charged particle if the atom is neutral before the change
What is the total number of electrons present in an Mg 2 plus cation?
The Mg2 plus cation has 10 electrons.
How many electrons are in a 3 cation with an atomic number of 13?
An atom with an atomic number of 13 is aluminum, which has 13 electrons in its neutral state. When aluminum forms a 3+ cation, it loses three electrons. Therefore, a 3+ cation of aluminum has 10 electrons.
What happens when an atom loses one or more electrons and retains the same number of protons?
This atom become a positive ion (cation).
What is the maximum number of electrons needed in a cation?
In order for it to be a cation, the maximum number of electrons it can have is one less than the number of protons. I don't know what "needed" means in this context, but hopefully that answers what you were trying to ask.
How many electrons are in a sodium cation Na plus?
The number of electrons is 10.
Roman numerals in a cation represent?
the number of electrons lost when forming an ion and that the cation can form more than one cation.
What you know about structure of cation?
A cation has a number of electrons lower than a neutral atom.
What happens if the number of protons and electrons in an atom are not equal?
Then a cation (more protons than electrons) or anion (more electrons than protons) are formed. But this only applies for changing the number of electrons. If the number of protons are changed, a whole new element is created. For example, Carbon should have 6 protons and 6 electrons. If 1 electron is removed, then we would have a carbon cation because it has a charge of +1
What is the ion formed when a metal loses 1 or more electrons?
An ion with missing electrons, and thus a positive charge, is a cation.
Atomic no. of the cation?
The atomic number of the cation is the same as the atomic number of the neutral atom.
What happens to atomic radius size of a cation and why?
When an atom loses an electron to become a cation, the number of electrons decreases while the number of protons remains the same, leading to a stronger electrostatic pull on the remaining electrons. This causes the electron cloud to be pulled closer to the nucleus, resulting in a smaller atomic radius for the cation compared to the neutral atom.
