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Where dose the extra electron in a negatively charged atom come from? pls help

Where dose the extra electron in a negatively charged atom come from? pls help-example-1
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A negatively charged atom is called an anion. This just means it has gained electrons (negative charges) and the atom has become negative instead of neutral since number of protons = number of electrons. Now it has 1 or more extra electrons, it is more negative than positive or neutral.

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