What Is The Net Charge Of The Elements Ni, I And Au On The Periodic Table?
May 12th, 2009
I lost my periodic table and the net doesnt even show one wiht the net charges. The protons,neutrons and electrons were very easy to distinguish but the net charges I do not know 
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1. science teacher | May 12th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
On the periodic table, all atoms are neutral. Each has an equal number of protons and electrons. When an atom loses or gains electrons becoming an ion, it gets a charge. Column 1 becomes +1, column 2, +2, Column 17, -1, column 16, -2, The center atoms have more than 1 oxidation state.
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