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When electrons move from one atom to another, they change the charge of the atoms. If you remove one electron that atom becomes 1+ charged because a negative was taken away, making it more positive than negative. The atom that recieves an electron becomes 1- charged because you added a negative, making the atom more negative than positive.

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