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The atoms having 2 protons only in nucleus is not stable but 2 protons with 2 neutron in Helium nucleus are very stable.
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How many electrons does Cu have?
Copper's atomic number is 29. Thus, copper has 29 protons per atom. To be electrically neutral then, it must also have 29 electrons per atom.
What is a proton in chemistry?
The electron is located in a cloud-like orbital around the atom's nucleus. The orbitals are of different types indicated by the letters s, p, d, etc. An s orbital has spherical symmetry, but the other types are more complicated.
When an atom decays radioactively does it lose protons?
There are various different forms of radioactive decay, and there is one which involves the loss of protons by emission of an alpha particle, which is equivalent to a helium nucleus, containing two protons and two neutrons.
In an atom which two subatomic particles are present in equal amounts?
I think protons and neutrons, but I don't know for sure. It might be, because the protons and neutrons are placed together in the nucleus? I might be wrong, but I tried:)
How many number of protons in helium?
H2O has 10 protons. Hydrogen has 1 proton, so 2 hydrogen have 2 protons. Oxygen has 8 protons.
If an atom were to have two protons then it would?
It would by definition be Helium (atom number = number of protons = 2) but the nucleus of the stable isotope 4He also contains 2 neutrons (the mass number = total number of p's and n's = 4)
What do you call a germanium atom if you remove two protons?
Germanium has thirty two protons. If two were removed, the atom would have thirty protons, making it Zinc.
If there are two electrons in an atom how many protons would be in the atom?
The atom in a normal state would have two protons to match the two electrons, making the overall charge zero. If the atom is an ion, it would have an mismatched number of protons and electrons, giving it a positive or negative overall charge.
I understand that when two atoms align the more stable atom will provide the less stable with an electron But do atoms ever share protons or give each other protons rather then electrons?
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What is an atom with two neutrons protons and electrons?
If you build an atom using two protons, two neutrons and two electrons you would build an atom of Helium. To be more-precise, this would create Helium-4 the common isotope of Helium.
An atom has the same number of which two particles?
A neutral (uncharged) atom has the same number of protons and electrons. Isotopes of an element may have several stable isotopes with various numbers of neutrons.
Would an atom with 3 electrons in level M tend to gain or lose electrons?
That depends on the element. Any such atom with more than four protons will gain electrons to become electrically neutral. If that atoms has four protons (beryllium) then it will be able to form a stable ion with two electrons. If it is left with three electrons it will either gain an electron to form a neutral atom or, if in the presence of an oxidizing substance, lose an electron to form an ion. If the atom has three protons (lithium) it will form a stable, neutral atom with three electrons but will lose one electron when it reacts to form a stable ion. If that atom has two protons (helium) then it will only be stable with two electrons and will gain or lose electrons accordingly to maintain that number. If the atom has one proton (hydrogen) then it will tend to share electrons rather than gaining or losing them. It forms a neutral atom with one electron but can form an ion with two. It has no stable configuration with three electrons.
Why are number of electrons and protons in boron equal?
Five protons and five electrons. It has two stable isotopes with five and six neutrons, respectively.
When an atom has an unbalanced ratio of protons and neutrons what will it try to do to stabalize itself?
There generally isn't a problem; the more protons an atom has, the more neutrons it takes to glue them together. A Helium atom has two protons and generally two neutrons; in every other stable atom, there are more neutrons than protons. There are isotopes of elements with fewer-than-normal numbers of neutrons; these isotopes are generally unstable and radioactive, and will generally decay into other elements.
What would you call a germanium atom if you remove two protons?
a zink isotope.
What two parts of the atom are in the atom?
Protons and neutron
Is an atom stable if it has two electrons in the third shell?
No - it would want to lose these two electrons
