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How is the cation Ion formed?
A CATION is a positively charged ion . e.g. Na^(+) The sodium metal has IONISED by losing one electron to form the CATION. (Na^(+)). Similarly calcium metal ionises by losing two electrons to form the CATION Ca^(2+). NB An ANION is a NEGATIVELY charged ion e.g. Cl^(-) Cations and Anions are collectively known as 'Ions'. So your statement 'Cation ion' is incorrect. You just need the word 'cation'.
Why must each cation in an ionic solid be surrounded by anions?
So it reaches a stable state , it is able to exist as a solid. This is more favourable than anions surrounded by anions which would reperl one another.[Source: yahoo answers]
What is am atom that has more or fewer electrons than it has protons?
The type of particle that has either more or fewer electrons than protons is an ion. Ions are called cations when they have fewer electrons than protons and anions when they have more.
What are the cation and anions of K2CO3?
K+ is the cation and (CO3)2- is the anion.
What happens to electrons when atoms form an ionic bond?
In an ionic bond, one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another. The atom that loses one or more electrons becomes a positively charged ion, and the atom that gains one or more electrons becomes a negatively charged ion. The ionic bond is an electrostatic attraction between the oppositely charged ions.
How is the cation Ion formed?
A CATION is a positively charged ion . e.g. Na^(+) The sodium metal has IONISED by losing one electron to form the CATION. (Na^(+)). Similarly calcium metal ionises by losing two electrons to form the CATION Ca^(2+). NB An ANION is a NEGATIVELY charged ion e.g. Cl^(-) Cations and Anions are collectively known as 'Ions'. So your statement 'Cation ion' is incorrect. You just need the word 'cation'.
Why must each cation in an ionic solid be surrounded by anions?
So it reaches a stable state , it is able to exist as a solid. This is more favourable than anions surrounded by anions which would reperl one another.[Source: yahoo answers]
What is am atom that has more or fewer electrons than it has protons?
The type of particle that has either more or fewer electrons than protons is an ion. Ions are called cations when they have fewer electrons than protons and anions when they have more.
What are the cation and anions of K2CO3?
K+ is the cation and (CO3)2- is the anion.
What happens to electrons when atoms form an ionic bond?
In an ionic bond, one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another. The atom that loses one or more electrons becomes a positively charged ion, and the atom that gains one or more electrons becomes a negatively charged ion. The ionic bond is an electrostatic attraction between the oppositely charged ions.
What happens with the electrons when an atom froms a cation and an anion?
A cation is an atom that has lost one or more electrons. An anion is an atom that has gained one or more electrons.
When an atom gains an electron the resulting particle is called what?
A cation is a positively charged particle formed by the loss of one or more electrons from an atom.
How many electrons form ionic bonds?
This depends on the elemnts involved. The simple model of electron transfer to create octets is useful. In a cation with a charge of +1 one electron is lost, +2 two electrons etc. For anions when the charge is -1 one electron is gained, -2 two electrons gaine etc.
What change results from an ionic bond between two atoms?
One of them looses electrons(metals) forming cation and other gains electrons (non-metals) forming anions and thus both attain stable electronic configuration and get bonded together by an ionic bond.
What is an ion that has lost or gained electrons called?
An atom that has gained or lost electrons is called an ion. An atom that has gained one or more electrons becomes a negatively charged ion called an anion. An atom that has lost one or more electrons becomes a positively charged ion called a cation.
What is an atom that has lost one or more of its electrons?
A cation.
Roman numerals in a cation represent?
the number of electrons lost when forming an ion and that the cation can form more than one cation.
