Such charged particles are known as ions. A positively charged ion is called a cation; a negatively charged particle is called an anion.
Ions: cation (positive charge) and anion (negative charge)
Electrically charged atoms are known as ions. Ions occur when an atom looses or gains electrons. A normal atom is neutral, because it has the same number of positive protons and negative neutrons. When electrons are lost or gained, the atom can become positive (a cation) or negative (an anion). When an atom is positeve or negative, it is electrically charged.
No. What you describe is called a molecule. An ion is an atom or group of atoms with a net electrical charge.
A polyatomic ion is a group of atoms with a charge.
neutral
An atom differs in electric charge from ions because atoms are electrically neutral, containing equal numbers of protons and electrons. Ions are charged particles resulting from atoms that have gained or lost electrons, creating an imbalance in the number of protons and electrons.
That's called an ion.
Zero. (Ions have charge; atoms are always neutral.)
they are the cations
Electrically charged atoms are known as ions. Ions occur when an atom looses or gains electrons. A normal atom is neutral, because it has the same number of positive protons and negative neutrons. When electrons are lost or gained, the atom can become positive (a cation) or negative (an anion). When an atom is positeve or negative, it is electrically charged.
neutron
An ion is an atom (or group of atoms) with an electrical charge.
Positive atoms: cations. Negative atoms: anions
An atom or group of atoms with a negative charge is called an anion. Anions have gained one or more electrons, leading to an overall negative charge.
It is an ion.
Because the positive charge of the protons in an atom are cancelled out by the negative charges of the electrons in the atom.
An atom that does not have a neutral charge is called an ion. It has an unequal number of protons and electrons.
Ion