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Metals tend to lose electrons.

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What kind of a tomb tends to lose one electron?

An atom with single electron in its outermost shell


What kind of atom tends to have one electron?

The hydrogen atom has 1 electron.


When a potassium atom reacts with a bromine atom the potassium atom will?

lose only one electron


True or false a sodium atom tends to lose one electron when it reacts?

True. Sodium typically has 11 protons and 11 electrons, but it tends to lose one electron to achieve a more stable electron configuration in its outer shell. This loss of an electron forms a positively charged sodium ion.


What is likely to happen to an atom with one valence electron?

This atom lose an electron.


What atom tends to gain one electron when it combines with another atom?

All elements in the 7th family/group (2nd from the right) on the Periodic Table.


Is an atom of potassium most likely to become a cation or an anion?

An atom of potassium is most likely to become a cation. Potassium tends to lose one electron to achieve a stable electron configuration, forming a positively charged ion.


Would a chlorine atom lose electrons or gain electrons to become an atom?

A chlorine atom would gain one electron to become an ion because it tends to achieve a stable electron configuration by having a full outer shell of electrons.


Which part of atoms will form an ionic bond?

Atoms will form an ionic bond when one atom donates an electron to another atom. Typically, this occurs between a metal atom (which tends to lose electrons to form positive ions) and a non-metal atom (which tends to gain electrons to form negative ions).


When a potassium atom reacts with bromine the potassium atom will?

lose one electron to form a potassium ion with a +1 charge.


What kind of atom tends to loose one electron?

The Alkali Metals loose one electron in order to achieve a nobel gas configuration.


To form an ion does a sodium atom have to lose or gain a electron?

lose an electron, forms Na+, sodium with a charge of plus one.