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What can be added to an atom to cause a nonvalence electron in the atom to temporarily become a valence electron?
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The question is: What can be added to an atom to cause a nonvalence electron in the atom to temporarily become a valence electron?
This question may seem hard and/or confusing, but it's really not. You just have to think about it for a minute. This question was in my science quiz online. I had to take LOTS of notes, and guess what?, the answer was right there in my notes..
The notes that I took for this question had the topic:Electrons in an Element
My notes were:
-Electrons occupy the electron cloud.
-Each electron occupies an energy state.
-Electrons farther from the nucleus occupy a higher energy state.
-The electron cloud is divided into energy levels.
-Each energy level can hold a certain number of electrons
-Valence Electrons are usually found in the highest energy level.
Not very much notes, but lots of information, and most of them are about energy, and one is about Valence electrons. So, let's figure this.
If a valence electron usually have the highest energy level, then a nonvalence electron must not have any energy levels. So, what you would have to add to the nonvalence electron is add energy to become a valence electron.
Our question is: What can be added to an atom to cause a nonvalence electron in the atom to temporarily become a valence electron?
So the answer to our question is: Energy. Energy can be added.
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An electron beam makes the object become larger.
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How does an electron become charged?
It doesn't really "become" charged. An electron is always charged, and it can only have a charge of -e where value of elementary charge e is 1.602 * 10-19 C as found first by Millikan with his famous oil drop experiment
Where does gas particles become electrically charged?
By gas particles I suppose you mean gas molecules? These become charged when ionized, when an electron is stripped off.
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Generally by losing the one electron
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there is one valence electron in hydrogen, and it needs one more electron to become stable
When a atom gain or looses a valence electron it become a charged particle called an?
When an atom gains or looses a valence electron it becomes a charged particle called an ion
When an atom loses a valence electron it becomes a what ion?
It will become a soft ion.
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A negatively charged "ion".
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The single valence band electron can easily escape and become a conduction band electron.
What ways can an atom become an ion?
It may lose or gain an electron in its valence shell.
When atoms end up with eight or zero valence electrons how are they different from they were before?
they become stable as they have completely filled outermost valence shell and if they have no electron in their outermost shell they become non reactive.
Can calcium become stable by losing 1 electron?
Calcium loses its two valence electrons to become Ca 2+ ion.
How many additional valence electrons does chlorine need to have a full valence shell?
11 electrons makes the third energy level complete. One
What kind of ions do a sodium atom and a chlorine atom become when a valence electron is transferred from one to the other?
when sodium valence electron is transferred to chlorine , both atoms become ions . the sodium atom becomes a positive ion . the chlorine atom becomes a negative ion .
What kind of ions do a sodium atom and a chlorine atom become when a valence electron is transferred one to the other?
when sodium valence electron is transferred to chlorine , both atoms become ions . the sodium atom becomes a positive ion . the chlorine atom becomes a negative ion .
