Question

Difference between atom and ion
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Answer 1

Atoms are neutral; they contain the same

samenumber of protons as electrons. By

definition, an ion is an electrically charged

particle produced by either removing

produced by either removingelectrons from a neutral atom to give a

produced by either removingelectrons from a neutral atom to give apositive ion or adding electrons to a neutral atom to give a negative ion.