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An atom that has a positive or negative charge due to having unequal numbers of protons and electrons?
An atom that has a positive or negative charge due to having unequal numbers of protons and electrons is called an ion. If an atom gains electrons, it becomes a negatively charged ion (anion), and if it loses electrons, it becomes a positively charged ion (cation).
How many valence electrons are transferred from the nitrogen atom to potassium in the formation of the compond potassium nitride?
Actually. It's 0.
Give the symbol and number of electrons in a neutral atom of boron?
The symbol for boron is B, and a neutral atom of boron has 5 electrons.
Will potassium steal or give away electrons and how many?
Will potassium steal or give away electrons and how many?Potassium (19 protons and 19 electrons) is in column 1 of the periodic table. All elements in column 1 have 1 electron in the s orbital of their outer shell. All the shells below (closer to the nucleus) are full. Losing that one outer shell, s orbital electron, would make them very stable (8 electrons in the outer shell, except Hydrogen which has only the 1s orbital). Elements in the 7th column have 7 electrons in their outer shell. They need 8 electrons in the outer shell (an Octet) to be stable. Atoms of elements in column 7, like Chlorine (17 protons and 17 electrons), have a strong attraction for 1electron. Atoms of elements in column 1, like Potassium, have a much weaker attraction for the 1 electron in the outer shell. If an atom of an element in the 7th column, like Chlorine, comes close to an atom of an element in column 1, like Potassium, the 1 electron in the outer shell of the Potassium atom, would feel a stronger attraction to the chlorine atom than to the Potassium atom. The electron would move to the Chlorine atom, making Chlorine a negative 1 charged ion, (17 protons, and 18 electrons). The Potassium atom now has 19 protons and 18 electrons, making it a positive 1 charged Potassium ion. The K +1 ion would be attracted to the Cl-1 ion forming Potassium chloride, salt substitute.Potassium (19 protons and 19 electrons)= +19 + -19 = 0Chlorine (17 protons and 17 electrons)= +17 + -17 = 0Neutral, but unstable!!Potassium is very unstable. If you drop a small piece of potassium in a beaker of water, it will produce Hydrogen gas and so much heat that the Hydrogen explode into flames.Chlorine's toxicity comes from its oxidizing power. When chlorine is inhaled at concentrations above 30ppm it begins to react with water and cells in your body, which change it into hydrochloric acid (HCl) (Toxic)Potassium ion (19 protons and 18 electrons)= +19 + -18 = +1Chlorine ion (17 protons and 18 electrons)= +17 + -18 = -1K+1 + Cl-1 = KCl☺Neutral and stable!!♥No stealing (immoral) and no giving away of something you valued.♂☺Just two poor unstable, unhappy souls united, compounding their attributes, and made very happy!! ♂☺
Will Sodium give up electrons to other atoms?
An atom of sodium has one valence electron. When a sodium atom loses this electron to another atom, it becomes a sodium ion.
An atom that has a positive or negative charge due to having unequal numbers of protons and electrons?
An atom that has a positive or negative charge due to having unequal numbers of protons and electrons is called an ion. If an atom gains electrons, it becomes a negatively charged ion (anion), and if it loses electrons, it becomes a positively charged ion (cation).
How many valence electrons are transferred from the nitrogen atom to potassium in the formation of the compond potassium nitride?
Actually. It's 0.
Would potassium be more likely to give or receive electrons?
Potassium lose an electron.
Can you give a sentence using the word electrons?
electrons orbit an atom
What subatomic particle is lost or gained in the formation of an ion?
To make a positive ion, we need to remove one or more of the negative components from an atom. The negative charges that make up an atom are the electrons, which can be found in shells or orbitals some distance from the nucleus. Take away one or more electrons, and the protons, the positive charges that make up atoms and which hang out in the nucleus, give the atom an overall positive charge. An atom that has lost one or more electrons becomes a positive ion.
Give the symbol and number of electrons in a neutral atom of boron?
The symbol for boron is B, and a neutral atom of boron has 5 electrons.
Is an atom that loses electrons have a negative charge?
No. Electrons have a negative charge and so removing one from the atom will give it a positive charge.
Does the number of electrons in an atom give its atomic number?
The number of protons is equal to atomic number; in a neutral atom the number of electrons is also equal to the numbers of protons.
Which type of atom becomes positive and why?
an atom becomes positive when that atom gives their electron to other atom....when the atom reacts it is called ion not atom... so that means that ion has charge of ion+..... atom has to give or take( in this case give) electron to make their outer most shell full
How is an ion formed?
An ion is formed when an atom gains or loses an electron in bonding with another atom, causing the atom to become a positive or negative ion. Since electrons are negative, if an atom loses an electron, there are more protons (which are positive) than electrons, which causes the atom to become a positive ion (sometimes called a cation.) If an atom gains an electron it becomes a negative ion (or anion.) Ions are most commonly formed when two elements undergo ionic bonding, in which the elements 'give and take' electrons to gain full outer shells.
Can you consider aluminum chlorine calcium and potassium give up electrons to be stable?
The metals aluminum, calcium, and potassium will give up electrons to be stable. Chlorine is a nonmetal and it will gain an electron in an ionic bond in order to be stable.
What does a halogen atom give off when it gains electrons?
NOTHING
