an ion
Because it has an extra electron
The charge if a fluorine atom were attract an extra electron from lithium the lithium atom would be positive. -APEX
The sub-atomic particle that orbits the nucleus in an atom is called an electron.
An atom that has gained an electron has a negative charge and is called an anion.
it will become a negative ion due to the negative charge of electron
the atom would still be an atom it will just be called a neural atom
An ion is an atom with a couple of extra electrons, or which is missing a couple. So when common table salt (NaCl) dissolves in water, it comes apart as a positively charged sodium ion Na+ which is missing an electron, and a negatively charged Cl- ion which has the extra electron from the sodium atom.
A sodium ion is a sodium atom missing one electron. A chlorine ion is a chlorine atom with an extra electron. A salt molecule is a sodium ion stuck to a chlorine ion.
Anion.
Yes. It has both.The definition of "neutral" is zero net charge. Every atom has positive and negative charges among its components. If the atom is 'neutral', then the numbers of positive and negative charges are equal, and the atom's 'net' charge is zero.
If the nucleus is missing an atom, it will try to steel an electron from another atom.
An atom is a particle that has the same number of protons as electrons. For example sodium. A sodium atom has 11 protons and 11 electrons. A sodium ion might have 11 protons and 10 electrons, so it would have a charge of +1. If a sodium ion had 10 protons and 11 electrons, it would have a charge of-1.
It has a negative charge.
If the nucleus is missing an atom, it will try to steel an electron from another atom.
It becomes a negatively charged ion.
A sodium ion differs from a sodium atom in that the sodium ion has a missing electron electron. It has a positive charge, as opposed to the atom, which is neutral.
An atom has no charge. An ion is an atom that has either gained or lost an electron giving it a charge. An atom that has gained an electron is called an anion and is negative, while an atom that lost an electron is called a cation and is positive.