A cation is an atom that has lost one or more electrons. An anion is an atom that has gained one or more electrons.
A neutral atom of a chemical element has a constant number of protons and electrons; loss or gain of electrons transform this atom in an ion.After the change of the number of protons the identity of the atom is lost.
If neutrons, electrons, and protons leave the atom, the charge on the atom will change based on the number of protons and electrons that have left. Protons and electrons have opposite charges, so if electrons leave, the atom becomes positively charged, and if protons leave, the atom becomes negatively charged. Neutrons do not affect the charge of the atom since they are neutral.
If the atom loses electrons, the atom becomes positively charged because the number of positively charged protons.
They form a covalent bond.
A cation is an atom that has lost one or more electrons. An anion is an atom that has gained one or more electrons.
You have Lithium.
It has 8 electrons. And if its not an ion, then it has 8 protons.
Electron/s are removed from the atom.
it would fall apart.
One atom has lost electrons . And the other atom has gained electrons.
An atom becomes an ion by gaining or losing electrons. When an atom loses electrons, it becomes a positively charged ion (cation) as it has more protons than electrons. On the other hand, when an atom gains electrons, it becomes a negatively charged ion (anion) as it has more electrons than protons.
If the atom loses electrons, the atom becomes positively charged because the number of positively charged protons.
it gets positive charge
A neutral atom of a chemical element has a constant number of protons and electrons; loss or gain of electrons transform this atom in an ion.After the change of the number of protons the identity of the atom is lost.
Nothing. Only the electrons are energetic enough to leave the atom.
the excess protons pull harder on the fewer neutrons