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Grade 12th pass9 grade science

The chlorine atom is electrically neutral but chloride ion is charged . Explain .

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4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Yash Patari
4 Years ago
Dear student
Chlorine atomic number is 17 so its number of protons = number of electrons = 17 so chlorine atom is electrically neutral. But when chlorine atom is changed to chloride ion it has gained one electron so the number of electrons is more than a number of protons hence it is negatively charged.
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