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Anions
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Vincent Hilpert
An anion.
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∙ 13y agoan ion is basically a charged atom or group of atoms
An ion is any atom that has a positive or a negative charge. A positively charged ion will seek a negatively charged one to unite with, have a glorious 'coupling' and then turn into something totally new and available.
So why do we rave on so much about negative ions? Because the result of every move you move (a net spending of energy) is a positively charged body. The molecules in your body are left holding a positive charge. They are unavailable for future 'couplings' unless we get a new batch of attractive and giving negative ions in quickly.
As we hear so often these days, things ain't what they used to be. The air is different. Putting it very frankly and unscientifically, it's full of crud. Positively charged crud. Nothing ever 'goes away' on our little green planet and every exhaust, every chimney plume, every cowfart, stays within our thin and fragile ionosphere. It stays in the air we gulp as we run along the beach, it stays in the water we drink, and it stays in the food we eat. And all of it this pollution is useless for energy production within the body.
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∙ 12y agoIf an atom gains an electron (or electrons) in its outer shell, it has net negative charge, and becomes a negative ion.
A negative ion is called an anion. (A positive ion is a cation.)
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∙ 15y agoIf an atom takes one or more electrons as a result negative ion is formed. The reason is that an electron is negatively charged and normally an atom is neutral. if it takes electrons then negative ion is formed which is more likely to give that electron.
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∙ 13y agoA negatively charged atom is called an anion, which is an atom that has more electrons than protons.
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∙ 11y agoa ANION is a negatively charged ion.
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∙ 13y agoIt's either a cation or an anion. Try Googling them both to see which is right.
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∙ 13y agoan atom with one or more extra electron(s) in its valence band. There are also molecular ions but they are more complicated to explain than simple atomic ions.
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∙ 14y agoanion
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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 happens when a atom gains an electron?
When an atom gains an electron it becomes an ion with a charge of negative one. This charge comes from the electron's negativity, which changes the atom's balanced ratio of electrons to protons.
In an ion compound evey ion is attracted to what other ions?
A positively charged ion (cation) is attracted to a negatively charged ion (anion). Cations have more protons than electrons, whereas anions have more electrons than protons. Electrons are negatively charged, and protons are positively charged.
What is an electrically charged atom or molecule called?
an ionAn atom is electrically neutral as they have the same number of positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons.
What is a negatively charged atom of chlorine called?
chloride ion
What are the name of the ions in magnesium chloride?
The positively charged magnesium ion and the negatively charged chloride ion.
What is a negaitve charged ion?
A negatively charged ion is an anion.
What is a long name for a negatively charged ion 8 letters?
electron
Is an ion is a charged particle?
yes. negatively charged ion is called cation and where as a positively charged ion is anion.
What is anion?
An anion refers to a negatively charged ion. The negatively charged ion is usually attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
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 ( - )
Between what do ionic bonds form?
it's a simultanious attraction between a positively charged ion and a negatively charged ion it's a simultanious attraction between a positively charged ion and a negatively charged ion
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 a ion?
An ion is a positively or negatively charged atom or molecule.
Is an ion positively charged?
Some are, others are negatively charged.
What happens when a atom gains an electron?
When an atom gains an electron it becomes an ion with a charge of negative one. This charge comes from the electron's negativity, which changes the atom's balanced ratio of electrons to protons.
What is the result of the animated process?
a positively charged sodium ion and a negatively charged chlorine ion.
