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When a molecule loses an electron the molecule has been ionized and oxidized.

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What loses energy?

Energy can be lost through various processes such as friction, heat transfer, sound emission, and radiation. When objects interact, energy can be transferred between them and some of it can be lost in these forms.


When a neutral atom loses an electron what happens to its size?

When a neutral atom loses an electron, it becomes a positive ion. The loss of an electron reduces the electron-electron repulsion, causing the remaining electrons to be more strongly attracted to the nucleus. This contraction in electron cloud typically results in a smaller ionic size compared to the neutral atom.


What happens when a atom loses an electron?

When an atom loses an electron, it becomes positively charged and is called a cation. This loss of an electron reduces the number of negatively charged electrons compared to the number of positively charged protons in the nucleus. The atom becomes more reactive as it seeks to gain electrons to achieve a stable electron configuration.


What do you call the energy involved when an atom loses an electron?

The amount of energy required to remove an electron form an at is the ionization energy.


What happens when an atom loses an electron to another atom?

When an atom loses an electron to another atom, it becomes positively charged because it now has more protons than electrons. The atom that gains the electron becomes negatively charged because it now has more electrons than protons. This transfer of electrons creates ions that may attract or repel each other depending on their charges.

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When one molecule gains an electron from another the molecule that receives the electron has been?

The donor is the one who loses the electron. Donor is the elctron carrier.


What happens when a diatomic molecule loses an electron Does the bond weaken?

No, it is not correct to say that the bond energy always decreases when a diatomic molecule loses an electron. F2 and O2 are counterexamples to this point. When a molecule loses an electron, it will come from the highest occupied molecular orbital. In both O2 and F2, this MO is an antibonding MO. Removing an electron from an antibonding MO *increases* the bond energy.


Why are ions made?

Ions are made for clothes can not be wrinkly An ion is formed when an atom [or molecule] gains or loses one or more electrons. If an atom or molecule gains an electron it acquires negative charge. If the atom or molecule loses an electron it becomes positively charged.


When an atom loses electron what do molecules do?

When an atom/molecule loses an electron, it is oxidized. The particle develops a positive charge, and thus becomes attractive to particles which have an opposite (negative) charge.


When a donor molecule loses an electron do we say it has become reduced?

Loss of electrons is oxidation.


A molecule that gives up an electron becomes what?

Oxidized.Oxidation involves a loss of electrons.The answer above in a general context is wrong I'm afraid - If an atom loses an electron it becomes an ion and the same if it gains one - and electrically charged particle.


When a molecule gains an electron it has been what?

When a molecule gains an electron, it has been reduced.


When chlorophyll p680 loses an electron from what atom does the chlorophyll receives an electron?

Chlorophyll p680 loses an electron from the primary electron acceptor, which is a nearby molecule in the photosystem II complex. The chlorophyll then receives an electron from the water molecules that are split during the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis.


Is a molecule that has lost electrons been reduced?

OIL RIGOxidation Is Loss (of electrons)Reduction Is Gain (of electrons)So no, a molecule which has lost electrons has a positive charge and so has been oxidised


A molecule that gives up an electron becomes both ionized and oxidized?

Yes, when a molecule gives up an electron, it becomes ionized because it now has a net positive charge. Additionally, the molecule is oxidized because it loses an electron, which is a defining characteristic of oxidation in chemical reactions.


What happens when an atom loses and electrons?

Well, an atom that loses an electron does not just "lose" it in space, the electron is taken away by another atom or molecule. So the electron sticks to the new molecule and forms an ion with a charge (given that the original atom was a neutral one). When this happens inside the body some really dangerous compounds can be formed, these are called "free radicals"


What the loss of an electron is called?

When a molecule loses an electron, it is said to be oxidized. The process is reduction.