Since hydrogen has one electron, it can either gain it or lose it to form cation or anion to achieve stable electronic configuration.
COPIED DIRECTLY FROM
Why_does_hydrogen_lose_electrons
BY ID2057450460
Acids lose hydrogen ions when they donate them in a chemical reaction, making them stronger acids.
Krypton can gain a maximum of 2 electrons to achieve a stable octet configuration, forming the Kryptonide anion. It does not typically lose electrons.
Polonium will neither gain nor lose electron. it will prefer to form covalent compounds by sharing of electrons.
It can do both. It gains electrons in Phosphene, loses electrons in Phosphate.
Choices: a) eject, retain B) lose, gain c) retain,gain d) gain, lose e) lose, retain
Hydrogen usually loses its single electron to become a hydrogen ion, H+.
Hydrogen itself is an atom. If that hydrogen atom were to lose/gain/share electrons it would become an isotope/ ion
An atoms protons cannot change.The number of neutrons can change (gain or lose) to form an isotope (ex. Hydrogen naturally has no neutrons. But it can gain neutrons to form Heavy Hydrogen, or in other words, a Hydrogen Isotope).An atom can gain or lose electrons to form an ion. Usually an atom will gain or lose electrons to fill its valence (outermost) shell. It takes just as much energy to gain an electron as it is to lose one, so an atom will always look to lose or gain the least amount of electrons possible. (ex. Oxygen has 6 valence electrons. It will look to gain 2 electrons, rather than lose 6).Protons: DO NOT CHANGENeutrons: Can change to form an isotopeElectrons: Can change to form an ion
Lose
Helium is already stable. Hydrogen should gain or lose one electron to be stable.
When atoms lose or gain electrons, they form ions. These are charged particles.
Se will gain electrons
Lose electrons is oxidation. To gain electrons is reduction.
It can both gain and lose electrons depending on the different elements. With hydrogen, it gains electrons to produce hydrogen sulphide and it will lose electrons with oxygen to produce sulphur oxides. Generally it will tend to gain electrons as it is in group 16 of the elements and so is quite negatively electrovalent but against a more negatively electrovalent elements it can be forced to lose electrons unwillingly as in the case of oxygen. Even though oxygen is also in group 16, sulphur is an order below oxygen and therefore less negatively electrovalent that oxygen.
Silicon (Si) can gain or lose 4 electrons. It can either gain 4 electrons to have a stable octet configuration or lose 4 electrons to achieve a stable configuration.
If you mean Metals... No, they do not gain electrons, they actually lose electrons because it is a lot easy for them to lose them so they can gain stability much faster.
Oxidation typically involves the loss of electrons or the gain of oxygen atoms. Oxidation does not necessarily involve the gain or loss of hydrogen atoms; however, in some cases, oxidation reactions can involve the loss of hydrogen atoms.