The correct answer is a metal atom forms a cation, and a nonmetal atom forms an anion. This is because metals are less electronegative than nonmetals and will therefore give electrons to nonmetals. Atoms that give up electrons will have a positive charge therefore becoming a cation while atoms that accept electrons will have a negative charge therefore becoming an anion.
Ions that have the same charge can't be attracted to each other since it takes a positive and negative charge to cause attractive forces.
A less electronegative atom will transfer electrons to a more electronegative atom.
A metal (cation) can pull electrons from another metal (not an ion) but that does not form an attractive force between the two metals (You will learn more about this when you go over reduction potentials, redox reactions, and electrochemistry).
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For Oxygen:
These are the two chemical symbols for the two elements found in Iron Oxide.
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must be either a gas or liquid
Answer:Static electricity works because objects which are otherwise "neutral" (in other words, objects with no net charge) can be polarized. An electric field, like one caused by a nearby charged object, can cause the charges inside of a neutral object — the protons and electrons — to move around a tiny bit.
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We can make 10 percent solution by volume or by mass. A 10% of NaCl solution by mass has ten grams of sodium chloride dissolved in 100 ml of solution. Weigh 10g of sodium chloride. Pour it into a graduated cylinder or volumetric flask containing about 80ml of water.
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