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The chemical symbol for the element calcium is Ca. What would be the symbol representing calcium atoms that have lost two electrons?
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The chemical symbol for the element calcium is Ca. What would be the symbol representing calcium atoms that have lost two electrons?

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ca+^2

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ca^(2 + )

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In all atoms, the number of protons = number of electrons, as a result the atom is neutral. Losing or gaining electrons will make the atom electrically charged and we call an electrically charged atom an ion.

Ca 2+ would be the symbol because losing two negative electrons makes calcium's nucleus more positive by two protons.

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