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Can a proton change the charge of an atom?
The electrical charge depends on electrons.
Why atomic number is expressed by protons and not electrons?
electrons change the charge of an atom, not the element itself.
What charge is electrons?
Electrons charge is a negative
The electric change of protons in the nucleus is the?
Protons have a positive charge, neutrons are neutral, and electrons have a negative charge.
How does an atom acquire a change?
An atom acquires a charge by losing or gaining electrons.
How does the gain or loss of electrons in an ion change the charge of an ion?
Gaining electrons will increase the negative charge of an ion, making it more negative. Losing electrons will decrease the negative charge of an ion, making it more positive. The overall charge of an ion is determined by the number of protons in the nucleus compared to the number of electrons.
What do atoms do that alters there overall neutral charge?
Atoms either gain or lose electrons to change their overall neutral charge.
An atom becomes and ion with a change of?
The number if electrons it has. Neutral atoms have the same number of protons (pos charge) as electrons (neg charge). When atoms gain or lose electrons (to become more stable), they become ions.
What does an object get when it gains or loses electrons?
When an object gains electrons, it becomes negatively charged. When it loses electrons, it becomes positively charged. This change in charge affects the object's interactions with other charged objects.
What happens when an element gains electrons?
If a neutral atom gains one or more electrons, then it will have a negative change. If a positive atom gains electrons, it will have an increase in change, but the charge may be negative, neutral, or positive based on the initial charge and number of electrons gained. The process in which an atom gains electrons is known as reduction.
What kind of charge does electrons have?
Electrons have a negative charge.
What type of charge do the electrons have?
Electrons have a negative charge.
