Do all elements have the same number of protons as electrons?

Answer 1

The question is poorly worded. 'Do all atoms have the same number of protons'?

It should read 'Do all atoms of the same element have the same number of protons?'. The answer is YES!!!. e.g. the element Hydrogen has only ONE proton in its nucleus. However, because of its poor wording, an atom might have six protons in its nucleus whereupon it is a different element. viz. Carbon.

Answer 2

In neutral atoms, yes. But remember that atoms often loan out or borrow electrons, and can also be ionized, where in one or more of their electrons can be stripped off. The atom will always have the same number of protons, but its electron count can vary depending on the circumstances.

Answer 3

No, atoms can have varying protons and electrons depending on the type of atom (the number of protons makes the atom the specific element). However when an atom is neutral it has the same number of electrons as it has protons. On top of that various atoms of the same type can have different amounts of electrons if they are ionized.

Answer 4

Not always. Most cases are that the atom is electrically neutral, which means it has the same number of protons and electrons. However, on special cases, atoms becomes ions. Ions are electrically charged atoms (caused by forcing an additional electron in, or pulling one out of the atom). Plasma is matter which has a significant amount (1%) of the atoms as ions.

Answer 5

Yes. An element is defined by the number of protons it has. If an element has a different number of protons, it is not that element. Isotopes and ions can cause an atom to have a differing number of neutrons or electrons from from its ground-state atom (equal numbers of protons, neutrons, electrons). Take, for instance, the element calcium (Ca). Calcium, by definition, has 20 protons in its nucleus since its atomic number is 20. If an atom had 21 protons in its nucleus, it would be scandium, if the atom had 19 protons in its nucleus, it would be potassium.

Protons are the one elementary subatomic particle that do not change in quantity when considering isotopes and ions of an element.

Answer 6

All atoms of the same element have the same number of protons and, if they are neutral atoms, the same number of electrons.

However, most elements can form ions by gaining or losing electrons.

Answer 7

yes they have to be the same, other wise the over all charge would not be 0 and all elements' atom has an over all charge of 0.

Answer 8

Usually, but ions are different. Disregarding transition metals, most nonmetals go down until they reach (8x+2) where x is a whole number, while metals go up until they reach this number.

Answer 9

No. Isotopes of a given element contain the same number of protons. Atoms of different element, differ in the number of protons