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What Does lithium become an anion or cation?
Lithium has 3 protons and three electrons in its neutral state. In a higher energy state, it loses its outer electron to become Li+ or ionized lithium. Lithium is in group 1 on the periodic table. This means that it has only 1 valence electron. Lithium will tend to lose that electron when it ionizes and become an ion. An ion is any atom or molecule with a charge. When Li loses the electron, it loses one of its negative charges so the atom becomes an ion with a +1 charge because it now has 3 positively charged protons and only 2 negatively charged electrons.
Is Pb a cation or anion?
Pb is the elemental symbol for lead. In this form, lead is neither a cation or an anion - it is neutral. However, lead acts like a metal and when it becomes an ion, it tends to form a cation by giving up electrons and becoming positively charged.
What are anion and cation?
CATIONS are POSITIVELY charged ions, whereas ANIONS are NEGATIVELY charged! Here's a trick: "That cool cat is giving off some real positive vibes..." So you easily know "CATions" give off positive stuff. :) Or, you could think of it like this; cats have metal claws, and CATions are PAWSitive, so metals form positive cations.
Do all atoms have a positive and negative charge?
Yes and no. the nucleus has protons and neutrons so it has a neutral charge and a positive charge.Further answerBut in total the resultant charge is positive, which is what the questioner wants to know.Yes the nucleus of an atom carries a positive charge.
How a plastic ruler can become negativiely charged?
Technically, it doesn't. Static electricity is not something some things have or don't have. It is built up by two objects coming in contact with eachother. Some objects are more negative or positive than others, and the more positive items tend to lose their electrons more easily than the negatives, who tend to gain electrons. The gain/loss of electons happens on contact. Rubbing creates more contact, and therefore more gain/loss. The shock comes when a positively charged object touches a grounded item, such as a metal post or a person. Electrons jump to the object through the grounded item from the ground. If said object is a human, (s)he will feel a jolt of electricity, which we call static. Note: I call positive objects positive because they become positive on contact. I use the same reasoning with negative objects.
If one body is positively charged and another one is negatively charged free electrons tend to?
Remain in the positively charged body.
What is it that atoms of materials that conduct electricity best tend to be held together by?
Atoms of materials that conduct electricity best tend to be held together by metallic bonds. This is the attraction between positively charged nuclei in metal atoms and the delocalized electrons in the metal.
What do atoms on the left side of the periodic table tend to do?
They are metals and tend to lose electrons.
If one body is positively charged and another body is negatively charged what do free electrons tend to do?
Free electrons tend to move away from the negatively-charged body and toward the positively-charged body.They will transfer to the positively charged body in an attempt to create a neutral charge.Move from the negatively charged body to the positively charged body.move from the negatively charged body to the positively charged body!-----------I just finished the Penn Foster test, and the answers for a 100 are (from left to right):A D CA C BD B CC D DD C CA B DC A BD A C Byou actually had two of the answers mixed up but i fixed them--after i got them wrong on my test. so now its 100%
Why do bacteria tend to stain better with cationic dyes?
Cationic dyes are positively charged, bacteria must have negatively charged dyes on their surface to attract.
What class of elements tends to be involved in ionic bonding?
Metals and nonmetals tend to undergo ionic bonding when reacting with one another. Metals lose electrons and become positively charged ions, and the nonmetals gain these electrons and become negatively charged ions. The electrostatic attraction between the oppositely charged ions forms the ionic bond.
Why do halogens form ionic compounds with metals?
Halogens have a high electronegativity and metals have a low electronegativity in general. Therefore, metals tend to give up their valence electrons to the halogens. This causes the halogens to form negatively charged ions and the metals to become positively charged ions. The electrostatic attraction between the oppositely charged ions forms the ionic bond which forms the ionic compound.
Why do all metals tend to form cations?
The metallic elements are on the left side of the periodic table and tend to have less than half of their valence electron orbits filled. Because of this, it takes less energy to give up the valence electrons and become positively charged (cations) than it would be to either gain enough electrons to fill the shell (becoming anions).
Explain why an iron ion is attracted to a sulfide ion but not to a zinc ion?
iron and zinc are metals that tend to lose electrons , thus becoming positively charged. They would repel each other.
What type ions do metals form?
The type of ions that metals form are called positively charged ions. The scientific name for positively charged ions is cations.
When Ionic bonds are usually formed?
Ionic bonds form between oppositely charged ions due to an electromagnetic attraction. Ionic bonds are usually formed between metals and nonmetals which have a large difference in electronegativity. Metals tend to gain electrons and become positively charged ions, such as Na+, Mg2+, and K+. Nonmetals tend to lose electrons and become negatively charged, such as Cl-, F-, and O2-.Examples include NaCl, MgF2, K2O. There are also polyatomic ions, such as NH4+ and SO42- that also form ionic bonds with each other and monatomic ions such as Na+ and Cl-. Examples include NH4Cl and Na2SO4.
Do most objects tend to be neutral positively charged or negatively charged?
Most things are electrically neutral; they have equal amounts of positive and negative charge. If this wasn't the case, the world we live in would be a much stranger place.
