Assertion: compound's atom | /r/CapableOf | lose electron
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text: Atoms that gain or lose electrons are called ions, ions may have a negative charge or positive charge.
text: Simply put: All atoms want to gain or lose electrons to gain the same electron configuration as the nearest noble gas.
text: Some atoms, such as metals tend to lose electrons to make the outside ring or rings of electrons more stable and other atoms tend to gain electrons to complete the outside ring.
text: When an atom loses electrons it becomes a positive ion because the number of protons exceeds the number of electrons.
text: The atom that loses the electrons becomes a positively charged ion (cation), while the one that gains them becomes a negatively charged ion (anion).