Electron/s are removed from the atom.
The Mg2 plus cation has 10 electrons.
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.
This atom become a positive ion (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.
The number of electrons is 10.
the number of electrons lost when forming an ion and that the cation can form more than one cation.
A cation has a number of electrons lower than a neutral atom.
An ion with missing electrons, and thus a positive charge, is a cation.
The atomic number of the cation is the same as the atomic number of the neutral atom.
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.
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.
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.