Explain the formation of cation and anion using a model. You can take any one example each for Explanation. Material suggestion- wire, beads, woollen thread, clay
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To show the formation of cation and anion using atomic orbital model. Example – Na, Mg, O, CI. Use colored woollen thread, beads, clay to stick, wire to represent the elements. please give me idea to how to make this with colored woollen thread, beads, clay to stick, wire
Answer:
Cations are those elements that can donate electrons. For e.g. Sodium{Na}, Potassium{K}.
Anions are those elements that element can accept electrons. For e.g. Oxygen{O}, Nitrogen{n}.
Explanation:
Cation becomes positively charged after losing electrons and anion becomes negatively charged after gaining electrons.
Like after losing one electron Na becomes Na⁺ and after gaining an electron Cl becomes Cl⁻.
Cations are smaller in size and anions are larger in size since after losing an electron the holding force gets stronger and after gaining an gaining an holding force gets weaker.