The attraction by chlorine is stronger than the attraction by sodium. An electron is transferred from sodium to chlorine. Sodium becomes a positive ion and chlorine becomes a negative ion. The ...
During its brief visit, the lander also dropped off several scientific payloads on the lunar service, including the European Space Agency's Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument.
The technical meeting included invited and contributed papers. Topics covered included: status reports and programmes on negative ion beam production, long-pulse operation, negative ion sources, ...
The outer shells of non-metal atoms gain electrons when they form ions: the ions formed are negative, because they have more electrons than protons the ions have the electronic structure of a noble ...
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument, carried by Chang’e-6, detected negative ions on the lunar surface, produced by interactions with the ...