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If an atom gives one or more electrons as a result positive ion is formed. The reason is that an electron is negatively charged and normally an atom is neutral. if it gives electrons then positive ion is formed which is more likely to take electron to become neutral.
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∙ 13y agoIt is called a Cation.
A cation is formed when a neutral atom loses electrons such that the no. of protons becomes greater than the no.electrons.
This gives the positive charge to the ion.
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∙ 11y agoa CATION is a positively charged ion.
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∙ 13y agoa positivley charged ion is called a cation.
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∙ 15y agoproton ______________________________ An atom with one or more missing electrons.
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∙ 12y agoA positively charged ion is called a cation, and has a positive charge due to the loss of one or more electrons.
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∙ 14y agoCation
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An atom becomes an ion by losing or gaining?
An atom can become an ion by either gaining or losing electrons. If it gains electrons, it becomes an anion. If it loses electrons, it becomes a cation. An ion is merely an atom with a charge, either positive or negative.
Which ion is part of every amino acid?
There are two ions present in every amino acid. There is a positively charged amino group and a negatively charged carboxyl group.
Ion is formed when an atom loses an electron?
This is half true. An ion is formed when an atom loses OR gains an electron. When it loses an electron it's called cation because it has a positive charge, and if it gains an electron it's called anion because it has a negative charge.
An atom that has fewer protons than electrons is called what?
Generally an atom has equal number of electrons and protons. and we know that electrons are negatively charged and protons are positively charged so atom is neutral. But when an atom loses electrons it acquires a positive charge. And this positive species is called cation.
How does the cells charge affect the ions to move into the cell?
The charge of the cell would repel similar charged ions and attract opposite charged ions. For example, if a cell is positively charged, it would repel positive ions and attract negative ions
Is an ion is a charged particle?
yes. negatively charged ion is called cation and where as a positively charged ion is anion.
What is a positively or negativity charged atoms?
An ion is both positively and negatively charged.
Between what do ionic bonds form?
it's a simultanious attraction between a positively charged ion and a negatively charged ion it's a simultanious attraction between a positively charged ion and a negatively charged ion
What is cat ion?
A cation is a positively charged ion.
What is a charged atom?
A charged atom is an ion. A positively charged version is a cation and a negatively charged one, an anion.
What a ion?
An ion is a positively or negatively charged atom or molecule.
How does an atom become a positively charged ion?
An atom becomes a positively charged ion when it loses one or more electrons.
Is an ion positively charged?
Some are, others are negatively charged.
What is the result of the animated process?
a positively charged sodium ion and a negatively charged chlorine ion.
When an atom loses an electron it loses a?
Removal of an electron from an atom leaves a positively charged ion.
What are the name of the ions in magnesium chloride?
The positively charged magnesium ion and the negatively charged chloride ion.
A positively charged what has more protons than electrons?
That would be a positively charged ion. (cation)
