What happens when an object loses electrons?

Does it become negatively charged or positively charged? o.OWhat happens when an object loses electrons?
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electrons have a negative charge, so think of each electron as -1





protons are +1





and neutrons are...well they're neutral, so they're 0





if you lose electrons then it becomes more positive, so if it was already neutral then it will become positively charged





it could be that it was on -1 already as a total charge (so it was already negatively charged), so if this atom loses an electron then it will just become neutral





should've asked me on msn silly :p xxWhat happens when an object loses electrons?
All neutral objects have an equal number of positive charges (protons) and negative charges (electron). These opposite forces cancel each other out when there are equal quantities of the two. When an object loses electrons it becomes positively charged, because then there are more protons than electrons.
If it's neutral to start with and it loses electrons it must become positively charged. (If this positively charged object then gains electrons it will become neutral again.)
if it loses or gains electrons then it becomes an ion


in your case it's a positive ion