When an atom loses are gain the electrons ions are formed.
There are two types of ions.
Anion
Cation
1 = Anion
It is formed when an atom gain the electrons. when atom gain electron negative charge is created on atom. For example.
X + e⁻ → X⁻
2= Cation
It is formed when an atom loses the electrons. when atom lose electron positive charge is created on atom. For example.
X → X⁺ + e⁻
When an atom loses three electrons +3 charge is created. If this atom have 8 protons it means there were 8 electrons too. When it lost three electrons then remaining number of electrons are 5.
The rate of decay of atoms in container A is greater than the rate of decay of atoms in container B.
Explanation:
From the question,
Container A contains 1000 atoms
Container B contains 500 atoms
<u>The rate of decay of atoms in container A is greater than the rate of decay of atoms in container B.</u>
The reason for such is due to the difference in the concentration of the isotopes. Container A which contains higher number of atoms will have the more changes of the release of the neutron as the changes of the hitting and splitting increases as the density of the atoms increases.
<u>Thus, the atoms in the container A will therefore decay faster than the atoms in the container B. </u>
