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This may be a little challenging if you don't have a solid understanding of chemistry, but basically here is why: sodium chloride (NaCl) is the salt in salt water (water being H2O) When salt dissolves in water it actually breaks into it's most stable ion form Na+ and Cl-. It also should be understood that H2O (water) is in fact H+ and OH- ions, which is a more stable form of liquid water. The reason atoms tend go to an electrically stable state has to do with quantum chemistry. Basically sodium atoms have an extra electron they freely give up to the water solution, while chlorine atoms capture and use that extra electron to stabilize their electrical energy state. Salty water in effect is a solution of sodium, chlorine, hydrogen and hydroxide ions, with electrons going from one atom/molecule to another. This is why salty water is a good conductor of electricity (lots of free electrons to move around).
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Hydroxide positive or negative?
I think it is a positive charge!!
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.
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....
Is NITROGEN a positive or negative ion?
Nitrogen typically forms negative ions, such as nitride (N3-) ions, by gaining three electrons to achieve a stable electron configuration.
What parts of the calcium chloride are attracted to what parts of the water molecule?
The positive calcium ions in calcium chloride are attracted to the negative oxygen atom in the water molecule, while the negative chloride ions are attracted to the positive hydrogen atoms in the water molecule.
Are ions negatively charged?
You can have positive ions and negative ions. For example, take saltwater which dissociates into: Na+ & Cl- Typically the number positive charges and negative charges must balance.
How can ionic compounds be neutral if they consist of positive and negative ions?
Ionic compounds are neutral because, even though they consist of positive and negative ions, the relative proportions between those ions are such that the total number of negative charges is the same as the total number of positive charges, thus summing to zero.
What is the difference between a negative and a positive?
positive ions carry positive charge and negative ions carry negative charge
What kinds of charges can ions have?
Ions can have either a positive or a negative charge.
Where do the negative ions go?
Negative ions go to a positive electrode.
Are sulfide ions positive or negative?
negative
What is electron consist of?
Electrons consists of negative ions.
What has a positive or negative charge?
These are ions: positive (cations) and negative (anions).
What has positive and negative ions organic or inorganic?
Positive and negative ions can be found in both organic and inorganic chemistry.
What are positive and negative ions called?
Positive ions are called cations, and negative ions are called anions. Cations have a net positive charge because they have lost electrons, while anions have a net negative charge because they have gained electrons.
Atoms with a positive or negative charge are called ions?
That's correct! When atoms gain or lose electrons, they become ions with an overall positive or negative charge. Positive ions are called cations, and negative ions are called anions.
What type of chemical forms between positive and negative ions?
Ionic bonds form between positive and negative ions.
