So every elemental atom, if left to it's own devices, is neutral. Meaning the positive and the negative is balanced perfectly.
Electrons are negative. To have a neutral atom, you must have the same number of electrons as you do protons.
So if Sulfur loses a single electron, it's losing some negativity, meaning Sulfur will be more positive.
If it loses two, then it becomes even more positive. We often know this as "charge" in chemistry and we show it by a number corresponding to the amount of electrons the neutral atom has lost or gained along side the charge symbol (- or +).
So our Sulfur is now positive having lost 2 electrons.
So it is 2+. You could view it as its positivity being two levels beyond neutral.
The charge on a particle of Sulfur-33 with 18 electrons would be -15, as the number of protons in sulfur-33 is 16. Since electrons have a negative charge of -1 each, 16 protons (positive charge) neutralized by 16 electrons would result in a net charge of -15.
SULFUR has 16 protons.But no neutral atom of an element can have MORE Electrons than Protons. This means that NO element can have 16 Protons and 18 Electrons.
A sulfur ion can have a charge of either +2 or -2, depending on whether it gains or loses electrons. Specifically, sulfur can either gain two electrons to have a charge of -2 (S2-) or lose two electrons to have a charge of +2 (S2+).
S for sulfur because the number of protons tells you the atomic number with is 16 and 16 is sulfur. The electrons means it is an ion with two more electrons than protons. The neutrons have no charge but add mass to the element.
The ion notation for sulfur with 18 electrons would be S2-. This means that sulfur has gained two extra electrons to achieve a full octet, giving it a -2 charge.
The charge will be +2.
The charge on a particle of Sulfur-33 with 18 electrons would be -15, as the number of protons in sulfur-33 is 16. Since electrons have a negative charge of -1 each, 16 protons (positive charge) neutralized by 16 electrons would result in a net charge of -15.
An element you have a +2 charge It is had lost electrons. It would have to lose the same number of electrons that its positive charge is. So it would have lost 2 electrons.
SULFUR has 16 protons.But no neutral atom of an element can have MORE Electrons than Protons. This means that NO element can have 16 Protons and 18 Electrons.
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A sulfur ion can have a charge of either +2 or -2, depending on whether it gains or loses electrons. Specifically, sulfur can either gain two electrons to have a charge of -2 (S2-) or lose two electrons to have a charge of +2 (S2+).
S for sulfur because the number of protons tells you the atomic number with is 16 and 16 is sulfur. The electrons means it is an ion with two more electrons than protons. The neutrons have no charge but add mass to the element.
Sulphur (Sulfur in the US) Location of electrons is not important to determine which element it is. 16 electorns means that it would have 16 protons in it's nucleus, so 16 is atomic number of the element. It would have 16 neutrons in it's nucleus too (it is usually one neutron for each proton), which make atomic weight of this element equal to 32.
The ion notation for sulfur with 18 electrons would be S2-. This means that sulfur has gained two extra electrons to achieve a full octet, giving it a -2 charge.
The stable ion of sulfur typically has a charge of -2, as sulfur usually gains two electrons to reach a full octet and achieve stability.
Mahnesium is a bivalent element; the cation has the electrical charge 2+.
Sulfur is a Group 6A element that can form an anion with 36 electrons. The sulfur atom gains 2 electrons to achieve a stable electron configuration of 18 electrons in its outer shell, resulting in a sulfide ion with a 2- charge and a total of 36 electrons.