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How can an atom become positively or negatively charged by gaining or losing this subatomic particle?

An atom can become positively charged by losing an electron, resulting in more protons than electrons. Conversely, an atom can become negatively charged by gaining an electron, which creates an excess of electrons compared to protons.


What forms when atoms lose or gain electrons and become positively or negatively charged they are know as?

When atoms lose or gain electrons and become positively or negatively charged, they form ions. Positively charged ions are called cations, while negatively charged ions are called anions.


What is a charged atom?

A charged atom is an ion. A positively charged version is a cation and a negatively charged one, an anion.


What is the name given to an atom that has become charged?

It depends, a proton if is is positively charged ( +) electron if it is negatively charged ( - )


What is it known as when an atom gains or loses electrons and become negatively or positively charged?

They are known as ions.


Does every atom have a negatively charged nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons?

No. Every atom has a positively charged nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons.Unless you are talking about antimatter. The atoms of antimatter have negatively charged nuclei and surrounded by positively charged positrons


What is true of an atom nucleus It is negatively charged and takes up most of the atom and space. It is negatively charged and includes most of the atom and mass. It is positively char?

It is positively charged and includes most of the atom and mass.


5 What causes an atom to become positively or negatively charged?

Atoms become positively charged when they have a deficit of electrons. Similarly, they become negatively charged when they have a surplus of electrons. Neutral charge, the non-ionized state, is when the number of electrons is the same as the number of protons.


What kind of charged does an atom have?

Atoms are neutrally, positively, or negatively charged.


A positively or negatively chared atom?

It is called ion.Positively charged atom:- CationNegatively charged atom:- Anion


What a ion?

An ion is a positively or negatively charged atom or molecule.


When an atom gains electrons it becomes positively charged true or false?

False. If an atom gains or loses electrons, the result is called an ion, not a molecule.