Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Ions and ionic bonds

Ions and ionic bonds — practice question

Caesium, Cs, is an element in Group I of the Periodic Table. When caesium reacts, it produces a positive ion, $\text{Cs}^+$. How does a caesium ion form?

  • AA caesium atom gains a proton.
  • BA caesium atom gains an electron.
  • CA caesium atom loses an electron.
  • DA caesium atom shares an electron.

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