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Are radioactive isotopes produced when atoms lose electrons?

When atoms lose electrons cations are produced.


Elelments that have a full outer shell of electrons are cations?

No. Elements that have a full outer shell of electrons are referred to as being stable. Cations are electrons that have a positive charge. However, when elements lose electrons to become stable, they are called cations.


What are atoms which lose electrons to become stable known as?

cations


How do the sizes of cations and anions relate to the atoms they form from?

Cations are formed when atoms lose electrons and hence are smaller in size than the corresponding atoms. Anions are formed when atoms gain electrons and hence are larger in size than the corresponding atoms.


How does a cation form?

A cation forms when an atom loses one or more electrons, resulting in a positively charged ion. This loss of electrons leaves the atom with more protons than electrons, creating an overall positive charge.


How do atoms get a positive charge?

Atoms lose electrons to form positively charged cations.


Do in ionic bonding atoms loose or gain electrons?

Actually both. Atoms gain electrons to form negatively charged anions whereas when atoms lose electrons positively charged cations are formed. Ionic bond is the force of attraction between cations and anions


Cations are formed by?

Cations are formed by atoms losing electrons, resulting in a positively charged ion. This occurs when atoms from metals and certain nonmetals give up electrons to achieve a stable electron configuration. The loss of electrons creates a deficiency of negative charge, leading to a positive charge on the cation.


Cations are formed when neutral atoms lose?

Cations are formed when neutral atoms lose electrons, leading to a positive charge. This loss of electrons results in a higher number of protons compared to electrons in the atom, creating an overall positive charge.


How do positive and negative ions forms?

Atoms gain electrons to form negatively charged anions. Atoms lose electrons to form positively charged cations.


What is invovled in redox reactions?

A transfer of electrons between two distinct chemical entities. One of the simplest examples is a single displacement, for example, elemental iron atoms transfer electrons to silver cations, changing the silver cations to elemental silver and the iron atoms to cations.


What are positive atoms are also called?

Positively charged atoms are called ions, specifically cations. Hydrogen when ionised as H+ is a bare proton.