A charged atom is very different from an uncharged atom because when it becomes charged, that is a result of a loss or gain of electrons, which changes how the element will react with other elements. It also changes the forces of attraction between elements. For example, when a regular atom of sodium is introduced to a regular atom of chlorine, chlorines electronegativity causes it to 'steal' an electron from sodium. This allows both sodium and Chlorine to have full outer shells, which is what every element needs to be 'happy'. These two molecules now have charges. Sodium is plus one, and Chlorine is minus one. Since chlorine is now negative and sodium is positive, they attract to each other forming the compound commonly known as salt. So when an atom becomes an ion, it changes its ability to form compounds as well as move.
It depends, a proton if is is positively charged ( +) electron if it is negatively charged ( - )
A negatively charged atom of chlorine is called a chloride ion.
An electrically charged atom or molecule is called an ion. An ion can be either positively charged (cation) or negatively charged (anion), depending on the number of electrons it has relative to its number of protons.
An atom forms an ion when it gains or loses an electron. If an atom gains an electron, it becomes a negatively charged ion (anion). If an atom loses an electron, it becomes a positively charged ion (cation).
Usually, an atom has the same number of protons as electrons, but when the number of electrons is changed, the atom is considered ionic. An atom that has lost an electron is called an anion, and an atom that has gained an electron is called a cation. One example of a cation is a potassium ion, or K+, and one example of an anion is chloride,(a chlorine ion) or Cl-
the ion has a greater number of electrons
An ion is a positively or negatively charged atom or molecule.
A charged atom is an ion. A positively charged version is a cation and a negatively charged one, an anion.
A neutron because it has a neutral charge. An uncharged atom is just called by its name, e.g. a Silver or an Iron atom. A charged atom is called an Ion: Cations are positively charged and Anions are negatively charged. A neutron is subatomic particle, not an atom. Atoms consist of neutral neutrons, negatively charged electrons, and positively charged protons.
A charged atom is an ion. An atom that has lost one or more electrons becomes a positively charged ion called a cation. An atom that has gained one or more electrons becomes a negatively charged ion called an anion.
IONS OS ION ^^A charged atom is called an ion
A charged atom is a Ion.
Removal of an electron from an atom leaves a positively charged ion.
It depends, a proton if is is positively charged ( +) electron if it is negatively charged ( - )
IONS OS ION ^^A charged atom is called an ion
a decharge is the chargeness of a aton is a uncharged atom or a flouidpouis
A ion is an electrically charged atom, positive or negative.