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Potassium ions (k+) have a positive charge. What happens to a potassium atom electrons when it becomes an ion

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The original potassium atom then becomes a potassium cation with formula k+ the potassium atom donates one of its electrons, to be specific the only the electron in its valence shell to another more electronegative atom.
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