What are anions?

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Anions are negative charged electrons since they gain electrons.
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Negatively charged electron becoz they gain electron
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Anions are atoms or radicals (groups of atoms), that have gained electrons.
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The atoms which have accepted an electron from other atoms are called anions and they thus have a negative charge. Example: Oxygen atom is different from oxygen anion as in how the oxygen atom has no extra electrons other than its normal number of electrons while the Oxygen anion has accepted say two...
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The atoms which have accepted an electron from other atoms are called anions and they thus have a negative charge. Example: Oxygen atom is different from oxygen anion as in how the oxygen atom has no extra electrons other than its normal number of electrons while the Oxygen anion has accepted say two electrons and so has a negative charge of 2. read less
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Negatively charged ions are called anions.
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Elements that can donate or lose electrons to get stable elements and form ions . these ions are:- 1)positive ions ( cations) 2)negative ions (anions) anions are formation by accepting an electron to get stable configuration. for example:- flourine (F),its atomic number is 9,electronic...
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Elements that can donate or lose electrons to get stable elements and form ions . these ions are:- 1)positive ions ( cations) 2)negative ions (anions) anions are formation by accepting an electron to get stable configuration. for example:- flourine (F),its atomic number is 9,electronic configuration is 2,7 . to get stable configuration (2,8,8,18,18,32),so flourine needs one electron so by accepting an electron results flouride anion read less
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Elements that can donate or lose electrons to get stable elements and form ions. These ions are: 1) Positive ions (cations) 2) Negative ions (anions) anions are formation by accepting an electron to get stable configuration. For example: Flourine (F), it's atomic number is 9, electronic configuration...
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Elements that can donate or lose electrons to get stable elements and form ions. These ions are: 1) Positive ions (cations) 2) Negative ions (anions) anions are formation by accepting an electron to get stable configuration. For example: Flourine (F), it's atomic number is 9, electronic configuration is 2, 7. To get stable configuration (2, 8, 8, 18, 18, 32), so flourine needs one electron so by accepting an electron results flouride anion. read less
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