Chlorine has a tendency to acquire an additional electron in order to complete its outer electron shell, so in an ionic compound it will form an ion with a charge of minus one. However, the chlorine atom is not negative, it is neutral, like all atoms. It only becomes negative when it becomes an ion.
The chlorine atom in a carbon-chlorine bond is typically assigned the delta negative charge. This is because chlorine is more electronegative than carbon, leading to an uneven sharing of electrons in the bond, with the chlorine atom attracting electron density towards itself and developing a partial negative charge.
The atom is neutral; the ion chloride is negative.
No, Cl- is not an atom. It is an ion. Cl- represents a chlorine atom that has gained an electron, giving it a negative charge.
The Chlorine atom has the delta negative charge because it's more negative than carbon.
No, HCI (hydrochloric acid) is a polar molecule that consists of a hydrogen atom and a chlorine atom. The chlorine atom is more electronegative than the hydrogen atom, creating a partial negative charge on the chlorine atom and a partial positive charge on the hydrogen atom.
No, as t is less electronegative it has a partial positive charge.
When a chlorine atom gains one electron, it forms a chloride ion with a single negative charge.
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when sodium valence electron is transferred to chlorine , both atoms become ions . the sodium atom becomes a positive ion . the chlorine atom becomes a negative ion .
A chlorine atom becomes an anion by gaining one electron to achieve a more stable electron configuration with a full outer shell. This extra electron gives the chlorine atom a negative charge, making it an anion.
Chlorine ion is oxidized at the negative electrode because it gains electrons, which is the process of oxidation. In this case, the chlorine ion loses its extra electron to become a chlorine atom, which is an oxidation process.
It becomes a negative ion.