Question

Atoms of cesium can lose electrons to become cations. how many electrons does a single cesium atom lose? explain your answer.

Answer 1

All Right Cesium is an Alkali Metal so it Belongs to the first Column of the Periodic table. Every Element in that Column Has a Charge of 1+ as a cation. so at the answer your question, a single Cesium atom loses 1 electron when it became cation. This cation look like this: cs=55 electrons cs^+= 54 Electrons As you Can see it only loses one