Germanium typically gains or loses electrons to achieve a stable electron configuration. It can either accept or donate electrons to fill its outermost electron shell. Germanium most commonly forms covalent bonds by sharing electrons with other atoms.
It can easily gain or lose up to 4 electrons, but at high energies it can lose many more (all the way to 32 leaving just a bare nucleus).
Germanium has 32 electrons.
Germanium has 32 electrons.
Germanium has 32 electrons.
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It can easily gain or lose up to 4 electrons, but at high energies it can lose many more (all the way to 32 leaving just a bare nucleus).
Germanium can form ions, although it is more common for germanium to share electrons in covalent bonds rather than donate or receive electrons to form ions. In certain chemical reactions, germanium can lose or gain electrons to form Ge2+ or Ge4+ ions, but this is less common compared to other elements.
Lose
When atoms lose or gain electrons, they form ions. These are charged particles.
Se will gain electrons
Lose electrons is oxidation. To gain electrons is reduction.
Germanium has 32 electrons.
Silicon (Si) can gain or lose 4 electrons. It can either gain 4 electrons to have a stable octet configuration or lose 4 electrons to achieve a stable configuration.
If you mean Metals... No, they do not gain electrons, they actually lose electrons because it is a lot easy for them to lose them so they can gain stability much faster.
it loses electrons
Atoms typically do not lose protons because that would change the identity of the element. Instead, atoms can lose or gain electrons to form ions with a different charge. Protons are not generally lost by atoms in chemical reactions.
Electrons