What happens when a nitrogen atom loses two electrons?

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Chemistry

Livia Hensley

14 February, 20:41

What happens when a nitrogen atom loses two electrons?

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Kelton Mendoza · Answer 1

Since losing and gaining has to do with the ions, we know the answer! It would become a ion, specifically a cation, and gain a positive charge because it lost 2 electrons.

Davion Coffey · Answer 2

When any atom loses two charged particles, it becomes an ion, with a charge opposite of the particles it lost. Ions will attempt to join up with other ions in ionic bonds, held together by the opposite charges of the atoms.