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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.
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What is the name given to an atom that has become charged?
It depends, a proton if is is positively charged ( +) electron if it is negatively charged ( - )
What is a negatively charged atom of chlorine called?
A negatively charged atom of chlorine is called a chloride ion.
What is an electrically charged atom or molecule called?
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.
What is formed when an atom gains or loses an electron?
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).
What are atoms of the same element with different numbers of electrons?
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-
How does the negative ion different from an uncharged atom of the same element?
the ion has a greater number of electrons
What a ion?
An ion is a positively or negatively charged atom or molecule.
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 is an atom called if it does not have a charge?
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?
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.
What is an atom or group of atoms what has become electrically charged?
IONS OS ION ^^A charged atom is called an ion
What is atom charging?
A charged atom is a Ion.
When an atom loses an electron it loses a?
Removal of an electron from an atom leaves a positively charged ion.
What is the name given to an atom that has become charged?
It depends, a proton if is is positively charged ( +) electron if it is negatively charged ( - )
What is an atom or group of atoms that become electrically charged?
IONS OS ION ^^A charged atom is called an ion
What is the charge on a usual sodium ion?
a decharge is the chargeness of a aton is a uncharged atom or a flouidpouis
What is the difference of an atom or an ion?
A ion is an electrically charged atom, positive or negative.
