An independent world of physical-equipment-oriented technology is developed, implemented and supported separately from the IT groups. For simplicity, Gartner refers to physical-equipment-oriented technology as operational technology (OT).
Oxygen Nitrogen Carbon Hydrogen Which atom in the pictured molecule will have the strongest partial positive charge? The carbon that's in C=O Dr. Haxton says the O-O bond is polar and the C-C bond is nonpolar. A good student would say what? Wrong again. Both bonds are nonpolar.
For example, a neutral atom of fluorine, F, has 9 protons and 9 electrons. Because the positive and negative charges balance, it can be said that a fluorine atom has a zero net charge. It is possible for a neutral atom to lose or gain one or more electrons. In this case, the atom becomes charged and is called an ion. In the case of fluorine, it can gain one electron. Since an electron is a negatively charged species, it will have one more negative charge than positive charge, and therefore the charge on fluorine will be -1. Cations. A cation is a positively charged ion. Therefore, it is formed when a neutral atom loses one or more electrons. This is because the ion will have more positively charged protons than negatively charged electrons upon the loss of electron(s). An example of a cation is sodium after losing one electron.