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Can an atoms take away an electron from an atom of another element?
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∙ 11y ago
No. Removing an electron from any atom of any element will not change what element it is. An element is identified by the number of protons in its nucleus. Only that. Fooling around with an electron or three will make no difference.
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The above is entirely correct. However a change in the number of electrons naturally associated with an atom changes that atom into what is called a "Ion". An ion is an atom that is no longer electrically neutral.
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∙ 6y ago
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The measure of the number of atoms in one element that will combine with an atom of another element is?
These atoms are known as valence atoms.
How many atoms in an electron of oxygen?
This is a chemical element. You can find the how many electron in a single atom by using a periodic table.
What is the difference between atom element compound?
A particular atom will have the same number of protons and electrons and most atoms have at least as many neutrons as protons. An element is a substance that is made entirely from one type of atom. For example, the element hydrogen is made from atoms containing just one proton and one electron.
What is the smallest unit in an element?
The smallest unit of an element is the atom. There are smaller components of atoms, but they no longer hold the properties of the element that belong to an atom of that element. There are smaller things called quarks but they are not very well understood. Of the neutron, proton and electron, the electron is by far the smallest.
Electronegativity is a measure of an atom's ability to?
Kind of... It is a measure of the electrons on a single atom of that element.
What is formed when a atom gives up a electron?
When an atom gives up one or more electrons to another atom, an ionic bond is formed. Atoms are the basic unit of a chemical element.
The measure of the number of atoms in one element that will combine with an atom of another element is?
These atoms are known as valence atoms.
How many atoms in an electron of oxygen?
This is a chemical element. You can find the how many electron in a single atom by using a periodic table.
What causes an electron to jump from Atom to atom?
An electromagnetic force attraction between opposite charges pulls atoms together, either between electrons and nuclei, or as the result of a dipole attraction.
What do atoms from different elements have?
What distinguishes atoms of one element, from atoms of another element, is the number of protons. For example, any atom that has 6 protons in its nucleus is a carbon atom.
What type of bonds occurs when an electron leaves an atom of an element and joins another atom?
Ionic
How many core atoms are in as atom?
An atom is made up of protons neutrons and electrons. Hydrogen has 1 proton and 1 electron. The numbers will vary from element to element.
How does ionic bonds form?
Ionic bonds are formed when atoms lose or gain electrons in order to have a full outer shell of electrons to make them stable.One atom pulls an electron from another atom.
What shows the different types of atoms?
Well, an atom is an atom, it is the smallest piece of an element that still retains the element's properties, there are no different "types". There are different kinds of atoms that vary from element to element, which also means they vary in proton, neutron, and electron combinations. But there is only one type of atom.
Can you think why atoms always have the same amount of electron as protons?
When the number of protons is different another atom exist; the number of protons is specific for only one element.
What is the model of atoms with charges in chlorine?
Chlorine is an element from group 17. It needs one electron from another atom to obtain the stable electron configuration. In ionic compounds it becomes the chloride ion with -1 charge.
Will Sodium give up electrons to other atoms?
An atom of sodium has one valence electron. When a sodium atom loses this electron to another atom, it becomes a sodium ion.
