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What form when atoms lose or gain electrons and become positively or negatively charged?
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∙ 11y ago
If you are asking what it is called, when an atom looses or gains electrons it is called an ion.
Electrons are negative, so when an atom looses electrons it becomes more positive and is called an cation.
So, when an atom gains electrons it becomes more negative and is called an anion.
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How can an atom become positively or negatively charged by gaining or losing this subatomic particle?
Gaining or losing electrons can cause an atom to become positively or negatively charged
If you scuff electrons from your hair onto a comb are you positvely or negatively charged and how about the comb?
Your creation of friction with the floor will allow you to "collect" electrons. You'll become negatively charged, and this static charge can discharge to a door knob. Most of us are familiar with the phenomenon. The results can be shocking.
What happens to a material which gains electrons?
It becomes more negatively charged, since electrons carry a negative charge.
What happens to metals in ionic bonding?
Metals lose electrons to become positively charged but stable. The electrons they lose are accepted by the non-metal to become negatively charged but stable.
An atom can form a positive ion by?
Normally, atoms have the same number of protons and electrons. Protons are positively charged, electrons are negatively charged. To become positively charged, an atom must lose an electron (Thus there'll be more protons than electrons). Such atoms are called cations (positively-charged ions).
How can an atom become positively or negatively charged by gaining or losing this subatomic particle?
Gaining or losing electrons can cause an atom to become positively or negatively charged
5 What causes an atom to become positively or negatively charged?
Atoms become positively charged when they have a deficit of electrons. Similarly, they become negatively charged when they have a surplus of electrons. Neutral charge, the non-ionized state, is when the number of electrons is the same as the number of protons.
If electrons are rubbed from cat's fur onto a rubber rod does the cats fur become positively or negatively charged?
Positively charged,because electrons are negatively charged and when you remove them only protons remain and those are positively charged,what makes the fur positively charged as well.
What forms when atoms gain or lose electrons and become positively and negatively charged?
ions
If you rub a balloon with wool does it become negatively or positively charged?
It becomes negatively charged because Wool readily gives away its electrons.
Are atoms normally negatively charged?
No, atoms are not normally negatively charged. They are typically electrically neutral, meaning they have an equal number of protons (positively charged particles) and electrons (negatively charged particles). It is possible for atoms or molecules to gain or lose electrons and become positively or negatively charged, but this is not the usual state.
How does a object become negatively charged?
if some of the positive charges have been either chemically removed or bonded together, that is how they become negatively charged...................... xoxo
If you scuff electrons from your hair onto a comb are you positvely or negatively charged and how about the comb?
Your creation of friction with the floor will allow you to "collect" electrons. You'll become negatively charged, and this static charge can discharge to a door knob. Most of us are familiar with the phenomenon. The results can be shocking.
What is it known as when an atom gains or loses electrons and become negatively or positively charged?
They are known as ions.
What happens to the rod when it is rub by nylon?
It depends on what the rod is made of. For example, if it's a glass rod the glass will lose electrons to the nylon and become positively charged, and the nylon will gain electrons and become negatively charged. If the rod is made of aluminum or steel, the rod will gain electrons from the nylon and become negatively charged, and the nylon will become positively charged.
What happens when you add electrons to an uncharged object?
you will get shocked and it will probaly hurt
What forms when atoms lose or gain electrons and become positively or negatively charged they are know as?
The atom becomes an ion. Also, A positively charged atom is called a Proton A Negatively charged atom is called a Electron
