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When the valence (outer) shell has 5 or more electrons, excluding 8, including hydrogen, being more reactive when there are more electrons. This is because the atom wants to have 8 electrons in its outer shell (hydrogen wants 2), so those with 8 electrons don't want to react, while those with 7 REALLY want to react.
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What is the charge in a phosphorus ion gaining or losing electrons?
Common valences are 5 or 3.
What produces a negatively charged ion?
An atom or molecule that gains an extra electron becomes a negatively charged ion. This can occur through various processes such as electron gain in chemical reactions or by gaining electrons from the environment.
How does the gain or loss of electrons in an ion change the charge of an ion?
Gaining electrons will increase the negative charge of an ion, making it more negative. Losing electrons will decrease the negative charge of an ion, making it more positive. The overall charge of an ion is determined by the number of protons in the nucleus compared to the number of electrons.
What is the term for a single atom bearing a negative or a positive chargeas a result of gaining or losing valence electrons?
An ion is a single atom that carries a positive or negative charge due to gaining or losing valence electrons. The atom becomes an ion when it has an unequal number of protons and electrons.
How Does an atom become a positive ion and a negative ion?
This is by gaining (-) or losing (+) electrons
Losing or gaining electrons makes an atom a?
Losing electrons makes an atom positively charged (cation) by having more protons than electrons, while gaining electrons makes an atom negatively charged (anion) by having more electrons than protons.
An atom becomes an ion by losing or gaining what?
electrons
An atom can become an ion by losing?
An atom can become an ion by losing electrons. It can accomplish the same thing by gaining electrons.
What type of ion does nitrogen form?
Nitrogen typically forms a negative ion (anion) by gaining three electrons to achieve a stable electron configuration. This results in a nitride ion with a charge of -3.
What type of charge would an oxygen ion form?
An oxygen ion typically forms a 2- charge by gaining two electrons to achieve a more stable electron configuration.
An atom becomes an ion by losing or gaining?
An atom can become an ion by either gaining or losing electrons. If it gains electrons, it becomes an anion. If it loses electrons, it becomes a cation. An ion is merely an atom with a charge, either positive or negative.
When is an ion is produced?
An ion is produced when an atom or a molecule loses or gains electric charge, which is losing or gaining electrons, starting with the outer most level of the electron cloud, which is the most unstable.Ions differentiate into anions and cations. Anions are those which gained electrons and are negatively charged, while cations are those which lost electrons and are positively charged.Anions and cations combine with each other to form stable molecules and new substances.B.Anode
The loss of electrons by a molecule atom or ion is called?
oxidation. Gaining electrons is called reduction.
What structure will atoms have after losing of gaining electrons?
If atoms lose electrons they will have a positively charged ion called a cation. If they gain electrons, they will have a negatively charged ion called an anion.
What is an atom with a charge and can be formed by gaining or losing electrons?
well i think its an ion
Which element can form a negative ion of the type X3?
every element
How does arsenic atom become an ion?
Arsenic becomes an ion by gaining or losing electrons. It can either gain three electrons to form the As3- ion (arsenide ion) or lose three electrons to form the As3+ ion (arsenite ion), depending on the reaction conditions.
