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Sodium's electron configuration means that there is just one electron in its outer shell, when becoming an Ion it is easier for it to "donate" this electron to the element it is forming a compound with.
This means that the Sodium ion is no longer electrically balanced (it has lost a negatively charged electron) and becomes overall positively charged.
Being positively charged it will of cause be attracted to the NEGATIVE electrode as oposite charges attract and similar charges repel.
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Which ion is attracted to which electrode?
because chloride ions being negatively charged have got a tendency to get attracted to positive ions( follows from coloumbs law) and since positive electrode contains positive ions so chloride free ions in solution gets attracted to the positive electrode....
Positive and negative ions for sodium nitrate?
Sodium will be positive. Check your periodic table; all those elements on the left will always be positive ions.
What do sodium ions move toward in an aqueous solution?
Negative Terminal
Why do you need two sodium ions for every sulfide ion in sodium sulfide?
Because sodium ions have only one positive electric charge units, but sulfur ions have two negative electric charges each.
If a chlorine atom were to attract an electron from sodium the chlorine atom would become blank charged?
positively
What makes ions attracted to the negative electrode?
positive ions
When electric current is passed through molten sodium chloride sodium is deposited on positive or negative electrode?
The metal plates out on the negative electrode, which provides the electrons needed to neutralize its positive ions.
Which ion is attracted to which electrode?
because chloride ions being negatively charged have got a tendency to get attracted to positive ions( follows from coloumbs law) and since positive electrode contains positive ions so chloride free ions in solution gets attracted to the positive electrode....
What happens when sodium ions come in contact with the negative electrode in a cell used for electrolysis?
the world end
Where do the negative ions go?
Negative ions go to a positive electrode.
If zinc electrode is dipped in zinc sulphate the electrode will become positive or negative?
if it is dipped the zinc electrode looses the electron in to the solution as zinc ions and it attains negative charge on th electrode and it absorb the positive ions in the solution.so w can see a bundle of positive ions just around the zinc electrode
Reduction occurs at which electrode?
The electrode that removes ions from solution
How does dissolving salt in water allow electricity current to flow?
When salt dissolves in water its ions separate and they become free to move. The positive ions are attracted to the negative electrode (the cathode). The negative ions go to the anode. Positive and negative ions from the water also do this. Some of the ions are discharged. The net result is that a current flows in the external circuit, and the salt is chemically changed. If it is sodium chloride, hydrogen is produced at the cathode, chlorine at the anode and sodium hydroxide in the solution.
Why do magnesium ions move to the negative electrode?
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Where does the positive ion go?
Positive ions go to the negative electrode.
In the process of electrolysis current can flow through liquid why?
Ions in the liquid will respond to an applied voltage, and as long as these ions are mobile within the liquid, they can support current flow. Salt in water is a good example. In solution, salt becomes sodium and chlorine ions in the water. Apply a voltage across (or through) the salt water, and the mobile ions will carry the electric charge which is current flow.
What is a positive ion called?
A positive ion is called a cation. It forms when an atom loses one or more electrons, resulting in a net positive charge. Cations are attracted to anions, which are negative ions, due to their opposite charges.
