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OpenStudy (anonymous):

ions are atoms that have gained or lost which subatomic particles?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do atoms lose protons or electrons?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

An atom is an ion that has gained or lost electrons.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Electrons. It is becaue they ar in the outermost shell of the atom and the orbital itself is way weaker than the nucleus, hence why the protons remain the same, because are inside a very strong shell.

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