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PLEASE HELP SMART PPL!!! How many protons does an ion with 10 electrons and a charge of +2 contain?
That should be 8 protons since the two gained electrons (purple dots) means that this oxygen ion has 10 electrons (-10 charge) and only 8 protons (+8 charge), giving the ion a net charge of -2.
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