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The radius of an anion is bigger than the radius of a neutral atom.
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What describes what happens when an atom becomes an ion with a two negative charge?
This atom gain two electrons and become an anion.
How does a atom become an cation or an anion?
an atom becomes a cation when the atom loses electrons during a reaction, and it becomes an anion when the atom gains electrons in a reaction it accepts an additional electron.
When an atom gains an electron it?
becomes an anion. Negatively charged.
What happens with the electrons when an atom froms a cation and an anion?
A cation is an atom that has lost one or more electrons. An anion is an atom that has gained one or more electrons.
What happens when chlorine gains an extra electron on the outer shell?
It becomes a negative ion.
When an atom becomes a cation what happens to it's radius?
The atomic radius of a cation is smaller than that of its original atom. See the related link for an image example of what this may look like.
What happens when an atom loses an electron to another atom?
The atom that gains electron becomes an anion. The atom that loses electron becomes a cation.
When phosphorus becomes phosphide what happens to radius?
The radius of any anion is larger than the original neutral atom. So phosphide (P^3-) which as gained 3 electrons, has a larger radius than phosphorous (P).
When an atom becomes an an ion what happens to it's radius?
The atomic radius of a cation is smaller than that of its original atom. See the related link for an image example of what this may look like.
What happens to the radius when an atoms gains an electron to become a negative ion?
the radius increases when atom is converted to negatively charged anion.
When an atom of phosphorus becomes a phosphide ion p3 the radius?
When an element from anions, the radius of the ion increases when compared to that of the neutral atom. The same is the true for the element (phosphorus) and its anion (phosphide ion).
What describes what happens when an atom becomes an ion with a two negative charge?
This atom gain two electrons and become an anion.
Why is the radius of anion more than the corresponding atom?
An anion has more electrons than a neutral atom.
If an atom gains electrons it become a?
If the atom was neutral, it becomes an anion. Since electrons have a (-) charge
An atom with an extra electron becomes a?
Anion.
When an electron atom is added to a neutral atom energy is?
It becomes an anion.
An atom that gains an electron?
An atom that has gained an electron has a negative charge and is called an anion.
