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atoms have neutral or no charge. ions have a charge whether positive or negative and have either more protons than neutrons and vice versa.
An atom has an equal amount of Electrons and Protons, but an ion is a particle with an uneven amount of Protons and Electrons. A Cation, having more Protons than Electrons and an Anion, having more Electrons than Protons.
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How are sodium and chlorine ions different from salt molecules?
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.
What does a fluoride ion have in common with a neon atom and a sodium ion?
what does an atom have in common with an ion?
What does -ion mean?
An ion is an atom with a positive (+) or negative (-) charge. This is because the atom has a different amount of electrons than its number of protons (aka atomic number).
Difference between sodium atom and sodium ion?
While a sodium ion and neon atom both have 10 electrons they are of different elements as a neon atom has 10 protons while sodium has 11. As a result the neon atom is neutral while the sodium ion carries a positive charge. So neon can exist on its own as a gas while sodium ion needs a negative ion to balance its charge and form an ionic solid.
A sodium ion differs from a sodium atom in that the sodium 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.
What is an example of an atom of an element has properties that are very different from those of an ion of the same element?
its ion and atom properties differences is atom is like science ion-chemistry
How is an ion different from an atom of the same substance?
an ion has a full "shell"
Is an atom of an element with a different number of neutrons called ion or isotope?
ion
What do you call an atom that has gained or lost a proton?
An atom of a different element.
How does the negative ion different from an uncharged atom of the same element?
the ion has a greater number of electrons
What type of atom has a different number of protons and electrons?
An ion
What are atoms of the same element with different numbers of electrons?
Usually, an atom has the same number of protons as electrons, but when the number of electrons is changed, the atom is considered ionic. An atom that has lost an electron is called an anion, and an atom that has gained an electron is called a cation. One example of a cation is a potassium ion, or K+, and one example of an anion is chloride,(a chlorine ion) or Cl-
How are sodium and chlorine ions different from salt molecules?
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.
What atom may be if it has a different number of protons and electrons?
It would be an ion.
What an atom may be if it has a different number of protons and electrons?
It would be an ion.
What is the name of an atom of the same element with a different number of neutrons?
Ion
Wta happens whenan atom forms an ion?
When an atom becomes an ion, it is because the atom now no longer has a neutral charge. Nothing really happens besides this, unless it reacts to a different element.
