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11 July, 22:54

Consider an atom of oxygen in which the nucleus contains 8 protons and 8 neutrons. If it is doubly ionized, what is the charge of the oxygen ion and how many electrons remain in the ion?

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  1. 12 July, 01:00
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    10 electrons will be present in an O2-

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    The atomic nucleus of oxygen contains 8protons and 8 neutron. It ionizes by gaining two more electrons making the total number of electrons in a doubly ionized oxygen to be 10 electrons.
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