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When a atom lose an electron it becomes a?

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Electrons have a negative charge, so they are usually written as "e-". When an atom loses an electron, the net charge on the atom increases.

Suppose a hydrogen atom is hanging out (note that hydrogen is diatomic, but ignore that part for now) and somehow loses its electron. The electron will get taken up by something else with a positive charge (opposite charges attract each other). In general it would look something like the following:

H -> H+ + e-

This positively charged hydrogen (H+ on the products side) is considered a Cation (cation's are positive as they have a T in them that looks like a +, anions don't have a T so they are what we call negatively charged anions).

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Positively Charged. When an atom is a stable state, it has the same number of protons as electrons. when it loses some electrons, there are more protons than electrons and thus the overall charge of that atom is positive.

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It becomes a cation.

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A positive ion of helium.

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A positive ion.

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