The atom would stay the same size because it would still have the same amount of energy levels. The mass of the atom would be slightly less though.
No, an atom shrinks when loosing an electron.
There are less electrons ('-'charges) left that are attracted by the same number of protons ('+'charges) in nucleus, so the atraction per electron is stronger.
They form an ionic compound
When an atom gains electrons, it becomes negatively charged because it now has more electrons than protons. When an atom loses electrons, it becomes positively charged because it now has more protons than electrons.
when an atom loses an energy , it loses a electron, so what exactly happens to an electron. when you are looking at the periodic tabel they are numbered in groups called group family 1-18 .for an example for what happens to an atom when it losses an electron .when a electron has a nuber lower that 4 it wants to reach at 0 electrtons and when a atom has higher than 6 elctrons it wants to reach at 8 elcrtons . when a atom losses a electron it gives it to another atom that has lower than 4 electrons who is trying to reach at 8
If an atom looses an electron, neither the atomic mass nor atomic weight change appreciatively. If it looses a proton or neutron, both atomic mass and atomic weight decrease by one and it becomes an atom of a different element (on loss of a proton), or a different isotope of the same element (upon loss of a neutron).
-Apex: They form an Ionic Compound.
When an atom loses an electron, it becomes a cation and has a positive charge.
An ionic molecule is formed.
If an atom loosed electrons then it becomes an ion. The electrical charge in the atom becomes a positive ion.
It shrinks loosing an electron.
if it looses an electron
When an atom gains or looses a valence electron it becomes a charged particle called an ion
It becomes positively charged because the positive protons now outnumber the negative electrons.
If an atom loses an electron, its charge becomes a positive. (The process of losing an electron is called OXIDATION, by the way.) Depending on the electron configuration, the atom could become "happy" (because its outer ring is now empty) or it could want to bond with another atom to fill ALL of the spots on its outer electron ring.
If the atom loses electrons, the atom becomes positively charged because the number of positively charged protons.
The ATOM decreases in size when it loses an electron and increases when electrons are added.
When an atom looses an electron is called "a cation, when gains is called an "anion".
An atom looses or gains electron to become ion. Ions are +ve and -ve atoms.