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What happens to a potassium atom's electrons when it becomes an ion?
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∙ 14y ago
The alkali metals in group l of the Periodic Table all have a single electron in the outermost shell. These metals form covalent bonds with for example the halogens, which have 7 electrons in their outer shell.
When the alkali metal halide, such as KCl is dissolved in water, it dissociates into ions. The K atom loses the single electron, and therefore has a positive charge. In turn, the chloride atom gains the electron and becomes the negatively charged chloride ion.
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∙ 11y agoWhen a potassium atom becomes a cation, its electron is either ejected (i.e. by the photoelectric effect) or transferred to another atom. For the latter case, an example is the formation of potassium chloride. The electron is transferred to the more electronegative chlorine atom.
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∙ 11y agoThe donated electrons are absorbed by another atom, generally a halide or nonmetal.
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What happens when sulfur reacts with potassium?
Electrons move from the potassium atoms to the sulfur atoms.
How many valence electrons are transferred from the nitrogen atom to potassium in the formation of the compond potassium nitride?
Actually. It's 0.
How many ions are in potassium ferricyanide?
There are six atoms.There are two ions
What is the ratio of potassium atoms to nitrogen?
The chemical formula of potassium nitride is K3N. The ratio potassium atoms/nitrogen atoms is 3.
What is the number of atoms for potassium iodide?
There is one atom of potassium in a unit of potassium iodide.
What happens when sulfur reacts with potassium?
Electrons move from the potassium atoms to the sulfur atoms.
what happens to an atoms charge when it loses its electrons?
It becomes positive.
What happens to an object's atoms when the object becomes positively charged.?
They lose electrons.
What a neutral atom gains electrons what happens to the atoms overall charge?
It becomes negatively charged.
How do you get the electron configuration of potassium?
The atomic number of potassium is 19. This means that potassium atoms have 19 protons in their nuclei. Neutral potassium atoms will also have 19 electrons. So then you follow the rules for the orbital filling pattern for the atoms of the elements, until you get to 19 electrons, and you get the following: 1s22s22p63s23p64s1.
What happens to an atoms mass number when it becomes an ion?
it stays the same because you arent losing any protons or electrons
What will happen if ions hits atoms at high speed?
When electrons hit atoms at high speed some of the electrons are knocked away or broken off of the atoms. Once this breakage happens after impact, the atom then becomes a positively charged ion.
Which would contain more electrons a mole of K atoms or a mole of Au atoms?
Let's see. 1 mole K atoms = 6.022 X 1023 atoms * 19 electrons = 1.144 X 1025 electrons in one mole potassium ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mole Au atoms = 6.022 X 1023 atoms * 79 electrons = 4.757 X 1025 electrons in one mole gold ------------------------------------------------------ A mole of gold, Au, atoms contains more electrons than a mole of potassium, K, atoms.
When atoms loses or gains electrons it becomes a?
An ion.
What happens to a neutral object if that objects gains electrons?
It happens when the object is composed of atoms with the shell of electrons is having deficiency of few electrons. In this case these atoms tends to acquire electrons to fill their outer electron shell and consequently getting negatively charges.
Why do atoms tend to be bonded to other atoms?
The correct answer is: Atoms are often more stable when bonded to other atoms
What happens to the electrons in a covalent?
The pairs of electrons are shared between atoms.
