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What is the total number of electrons present in an Mg 2 plus cation?
The Mg2 plus cation has 10 electrons.
When the number of electrons changes the atom becomes what?
When the number of electrons changes, the atom becomes an ion. An atom becomes a positively charged ion (cation) when it loses electrons and a negatively charged ion (anion) when it gains 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?
If the number of protons and electrons in an atom are not equal, the atom becomes an ion. If there are more protons than electrons, it becomes a positively charged ion (cation), and if there are more electrons than protons, it becomes a negatively charged ion (anion). This imbalance affects the atom's overall charge and reactivity.
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.
What is 80 electrons in each plus 3 cation?
This describes an ionic compound with an 8:3 ratio of electrons to cations. The cation has a charge of +3, meaning it has lost 3 electrons. The total number of electrons in the compound is 80.
