An anion is a negatively charged ion. Chlorine, because it wants to "steal" or "borrow" an electron to achieve that "magic" inert gas electron configuration will be a negative or anion. The chlorine ion's "extra" electron will give it an overall negative charge. The anion of chlorine is written as Cl- by those who annote it in chemistry.
When chlorine is the only element in an ion, the ion is a chloride anion with charge of -1. However, note that chlorine can also occur in polyatomic ions, especially with oxygen as the other element, and in such ions the chlorine atom can have a formal charge of +1, +5, or +7.
A chlorine atom needs 1 electron to fill its outer shell, so it has an affinity to electrons. If one electron moves from another atom to the chlorine atom, then its outer shell is full, and it becomes an ion with a net charge of -1.
Chlorine can form ions but is not an ion in itself. It is an element.
A positive ion of Chlorine is a number larger then the actual number of Neutrons.
No, the chlorine ion has a negative charge and so is therefore an anion. A cation has a positive charge
It gains an electron. ~APEX
Chlorine forms the chloride anion, Cl-
Anion
-1
Negative ion. Cl-
They form an ionic compound.
No, chlorine is an element, consisting only of chlorine atoms. Common table salt contains chlorine in the form of the chloride ion (Cl-)
A chlorine ion is monatomic ― it is just Cl-.
A chlorine atom will attract a single electron to form a negatively charged ion with a -1 charge.
Negative ion. Cl-
They form an Ionic compound.
Chlorine would form a negative ion and the other three positive ions.
No. Chlorine an oxygen will form covalent compounds.
Chlorine forms a negative ion.
They form an ionic compound.
They form an Ionic compound.
They form an Ionic compound.
They form an Ionic compound.
They form an Ionic compound.
They form an Ionic compound.
they form an ionic compound