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An atom has the same number of protons and electrons. Thus, the charge is neutral.
An ion is a charged atom, which means it has a charge of some type (positive or negative). If a lithium atom (3 protons and 3 electrons) gains two electrons, it will become an ion with a charge of 2-. If it loses 3 electrons, it will become an ion with a charge of 3+
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoIons are charged atoms. They can have an extra electron like Cl- or be short of one like Na+
Atoms are electrically neutral when the number of electrons is equal to the number of protons.
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∙ 9y agoAn ion is an atom that has either a negative or positive charge due to the gain or loss of electrons. Every ion is an atom, but not every atom is an ion.
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∙ 11y agoAtoms are electrically neutral i.e. no positive or negative charge. Ions are charged, e.g. Na+ Cl-
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What a ion?
An ion is a positively or negatively charged atom or molecule.
An atom that gains an electron gains what type of ion?
an atom that gains an electron becomes a negative ion, called an anion.
What is formed when an atom loses an electron to another atom?
Ions formed when a atom gains or loses electrons. An atom that has either a positive or negative charge is known as an ion.
An atom that has lost or gained electrons is an?
an ion
What term is defined as an atom that has a charge?
When an atom has an electric charge it is called an ion.
How is a molecule diffent from a atom?
A molecule contains more than one atom.
What is a atom with a diffent number portons and electrons?
an isotope
How many bonds between the oxygen and hydrogen in a hydroxide atom?
First, it is the hydroxide ion, not hydroxide atom. In this ion there is only a single bond between the hydrogen and oxygen.
What is the difference between the formation of a positive ion and a negative ion?
positive ion forms when any electron removes from an atom and an anion called negative ion forms when an atom accepts an additional electron
What atom has no balance between positive and electric charges?
No atom can have an imbalance in its charge; if it did, it would be an ion.
What are differences between atom and ion?
An atom has no charge. An ion is an atom that has either gained or lost an electron giving it a charge. An atom that has gained an electron is called an anion and is negative, while an atom that lost an electron is called a cation and is positive.
What difference between atom and ion?
An atom has no charge. An ion is an atom that has either gained or lost an electron giving it a charge. An atom that has gained an electron is called an anion and is negative, while an atom that lost an electron is called a cation and is positive.
What is the difference between a positive and negative atom?
A positive atom (ion) has a deficit of electrons, while a negative atom (ion) has a surplus of electrons.There ar ions. The negativ atoms are antimaterial atoms.
What is the Difference between atom in ground state and ion?
The number of electrons.
What does a fluoride ion have in common with a neon atom and a sodium ion?
what does an atom have in common with an ion?
What is the difference between chlorine ion and atom?
A chlorine ion has one less electron, giving it a +1 charge.
Which diagram best represents the relationship between the diameter of a sodium atom and the diameter of a positive sodium ion?
A sodium ion is smaller in diameter than a sodium atom.
