What is the defference between a chlorine atom, and a chlorine ion?
2006-12-18 09:49:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
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2006-12-18 09:54:37 · update #1
atomic chlorine is neutral. an ion is a charged species, either postive or negative. a chlorine ion is typically -1, because it prefers to attract another electron so its outer valence shell is full.
2006-12-18 09:58:06 · answer #1 · answered by crazymugal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chlorine atom has 17 protons and 17 electrons. In any atom that you will pick from the periodic table the amount of protons and amount of electrons will equal to each other... Lets say hydrogen atom has 1 proton and one electron.. helium has 2 protons and 2 electron and so on
Ion is created when an atom gains or loses an electron and atoms do that to fill the last orbit so they can be "happy"
So with that in mind you have chlorine atom with 17 protons and 17 electrons. The chlorine atom on the last orbital shell is missing one electron. In order to become "happy" the chlorine atom will gain 1 electron to fill the last orbit and become an chlorin ion. So chlorine ion has 17 protons but 18 electrons.
2006-12-18 11:34:11 · answer #2 · answered by krucha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chlorine atom has 17 electrons with seven in the outermost shell. The chlorine ion has 18 electrons with 8 in the outmost shell and also carries a negitive 1 (-1) charge.
2006-12-18 09:54:18 · answer #3 · answered by docrider28 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The addition of electrons.
2006-12-18 09:53:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
atom whole
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2006-12-18 09:53:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋