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It depends on the element. For example, when iron loses electrons and formes iron-oxide, it is called rusting. With radioactive elements like uranium, it is called degrading, collapsing, or decomposing. A general word for this is reacting but this is a very bad word because it could mean gaining an element or something completely different.
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When it or loses or gains electrons it becomes charged - either positively or negatively. This not the same as decay, which happens to radioactive elements, and is caused by the nucleus breaking up and ejecting particles and becoming another element
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What does an object get when it gains or loses electrons?
When an object gains electrons, it becomes negatively charged. When it loses electrons, it becomes positively charged. This change in charge affects the object's interactions with other charged objects.
An object picks up a static charge when the object gains or loses?
electrons, leading to an imbalance of positive or negative charges on its surface.
When an atom gains or loses electrons it is called an?
covalent/ionic bonding.
When the number of electrons in an atom changes what is the new atom called?
When an atom loses or gains electrons, it becomes an ion.
What determines if an atom is an ion?
An atom is electrically neutral; it has the same number of positively charged protons as it has negatively charged electrons. If an atom either gains or loses one or more electrons, then it will have an electric charge, and will be an ion.
When an object gains or loses electrons it has a?
It's safe to say if an object gains or loses electrons its electric charge has changed. If it was overall electrically neutral before it lost electrons, it would then have a positive charge; if it acquired electrons from initially being neutral, it would have a negative charge. At the atomic level this is called ionization.
What do you call an atom that gains or loses electrons?
An atom that gains or loses electrons is called an ion. If it gains electrons, it results in a negative ion called an anion. If it loses electrons, it results in a positive ion called a cation.
What does an object get when it gains or loses electrons?
When an object gains electrons, it becomes negatively charged. When it loses electrons, it becomes positively charged. This change in charge affects the object's interactions with other charged objects.
What cause an electric charged?
when an object gains or loses electrons
When does an object become electrically charged?
An object becomes electrically charged when it gains or loses electrons. Gaining electrons gives the object a negative charge, while losing electrons gives it a positive charge. This imbalance of electrons creates an electric charge on the object.
How does an object becomes charged?
An object becomes positively charged if it loses electrons. This is because electrons have a negative charge, so the less of them there are in an object, the stronger the positive charge is.
How does an object gain a negative charge?
An object gains a negative charge by gaining an excess of electrons. When an object either gains electrons from another object or loses protons, it can become negatively charged.
Is the change in mass significant when an object gains or loses electrons?
No, the change in mass is generally not significant when an object gains or loses electrons because electrons have a very small mass compared to protons and neutrons in the nucleus. The change in mass from gaining or losing electrons is usually negligible.
An atom that loses or gains electrons becomes a?
An atom that loses electrons becomes a positively charged ion called a cation. An atom that gains electrons becomes a negatively charged ion called an anion.
When a atom loses or gains electrons it becomes an?
When an atom loses electrons, it becomes a positively charged ion called a cation. When an atom gains electrons, it becomes a negatively charged ion called an anion.
An object picks up a static charge when the object gains or loses?
electrons, leading to an imbalance of positive or negative charges on its surface.
What does an atom become if it gains or loses electrons?
If an atom gains or loses electrons, it becomes an ion. If it gains electrons, it becomes a negatively charged ion called an anion. If it loses electrons, it becomes a positively charged ion called a cation.
