Oxygen can indeed be a gas and it is a gas at room temperature, which is why we are able to breathe it. When its temperature is lowered a great deal, it can be a liquid or, if the temperature is lowered further, it can be a solid (like ice).
The oxygen atom and oxide ion have the same number of protons, which is 8. The oxide ion, however, has gained two electrons, giving it a charge of -2, whereas the oxygen atom is neutral.
A chloride ion (Cl-) has the same number of electrons as a neutral atom of the element argon (Ar).
First you want to start with how many electrons there are in a neutral atom. In a neutral atom, the number of electrons equals the number of protons, which equals the atomic number, which is eight in this case. When becoming an ion and reacting with other elements in an ionic bond, oxygen will gain two electrons. So we just add two onto the number in a neutral atom for a total of ten.
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.
This neutral atom become a cation or an anion.
A neutral atom, it only becomes an ion after it loses or gains an electron.
A neutral oxygen atom has 8 electrons. When oxygen becomes an ion, it can gain 2 electrons to become O2-, losing the neutral 8 electrons to become a total of 10 electrons in the ion.
an oxygen ion has gained electrons, increasing the electron-electron repulsion and making the electron cloud expand. This causes the ion to be larger than the neutral atom.
An O²⁻ ion, also known as an oxide ion, has gained two additional electrons compared to a neutral oxygen atom. A neutral oxygen atom has 8 electrons, so an O²⁻ ion has a total of 10 electrons. This extra negative charge is what distinguishes it as an ion.
The oxygen atom and oxide ion have the same number of protons, which is 8. The oxide ion, however, has gained two electrons, giving it a charge of -2, whereas the oxygen atom is neutral.
No. On its own oxygen is neutral. Its ion, the oxide ion, has a negative charge
Hydrogen atom is neutral.
The electron configuration of oxygen in the oxide ion (O2-) is 1s2 2s2 2p6 (equivalent to the configuration of a neon atom), as the oxide ion has gained two extra electrons compared to a neutral oxygen atom.
Neutral atom. An atom of nitrogen will also be an isotope of nitrogen.
When an electron is added to a unipositive ion, the resulting atom gains a negative charge and becomes a neutral atom. The electron neutralizes the positive charge of the ion, balancing the overall charge of the atom.
The enolate ion is more reactive than the neutral enol form because the negative charge on the oxygen atom of the enolate ion increases its nucleophilicity, making it more prone to attacking electrophiles. Additionally, the negatively charged oxygen atom stabilizes the enolate ion through resonance, lowering the energy barrier for reactions compared to the neutral enol form.
Helium is a neutral atom that has several isotopes and can become an ion.