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How can atoms be neutral if they contain a charged particle?
They Can't
Do neutral atoms have a positive or negative charge?
No..... They are called neutral for a reason. But neutral atoms can have electrons added and removed making the atom positive or negative. And neutral atoms are still affected by charged atoms due to reason in depth but to sum up the long explanation of the affect neutral atoms are attracted to charged atoms. Just a side note.... how many of you love Leo Howard? Am I right?
What are the particles found in the nucleus of all atoms?
Protons which are positively charged and neutrons which are neutral.
When electrons were discovered scientist inferred that neutral atoms contain positive charges because?
When electrons were discovered, scientists inferred that neutral atoms contain positive charges because electrons have a negative charge and atoms were found to be neutral overall. This led to the conclusion that atoms must contain positively charged particles to balance out the negative charges of electrons, thus making atoms electrically neutral.
How Can Atoms Be Neutral if they are made up of changed particles?
The Atom is neutral because the charged particles sum to zero,m thus neutral. The positive charges are in the nucleus and the negative particles are the electrons. The sum is zero and the atom is neutral.
Is elctric charge a property of just electricity or is charge property of all atoms?
Charge is a property of subatomic particles like protons and electrons, which are present in all atoms. All atoms contain some combination of positively charged protons in the nucleus and negatively charged electrons orbiting the nucleus. This gives atoms an overall neutral charge, but they do have individual charges on their component particles.
Why atom is electrially neutral?
All atoms contain three sub-atomic particles: protons which are positively charged, electrons which are negatively charged, and neutrons which have no charge. The number of protons in an atom is equal to the number of electrons. Therefore the charges of the sub-atomic particles cancel each other out and the overal charge of the atom is neutral.
What is composed of charged particles?
Many things are composed of charged particles, including atoms (which consist of positively charged protons, neutral neutrons, and negatively charged electrons), ions (atoms with a net positive or negative charge), and plasma (a state of matter in which electrons are stripped from atoms, creating a mix of charged particles).
What positively charged parts of atoms?
The answer is in the names of the particles. The Neutron is neutral. The Electron is negative. The Proton is positive.
How can atoms be neutral if they contain contain charged particles?
The particles with charge within atoms are protons (positive charge) and electrons (negative charge). The charge on a single electron is equal in magnitude to the charge on a single proton. Thus if there are equal numbers of protons and neutrons in an atom, the charge of that atom will be zero/neutral. For example, a carbon atom always has 6 protons (definitive of carbon). If it also has 6 electrons, it will be neutral! Oxygen atoms have 8 protons. If they also have 8 electrons, they will be neutral. The positive and negative charges cancel each other out. For example, with oxygen..... +8 for the protons and -8 for the electrons (remember each single proton's charge is equal in magnitude to that of a single electron's).......add them together and.......+8 + (-8) and you get 0. Neutral! (Atoms are not neutrally charged if they have different numbers of protons and electrons. If the number of protons and electrons differ in an atom, the atom is referred to as an ion.)
Are atoms normally negatively charged?
No - atoms are always neutral. The number of protons is balanced by a equal number of electrons. Ions, on the other hand, may be positively or negatively charged, depending on whether they have lost or gained electrons.
How is atoms different from ions?
Atoms are neutral particles that contain an equal number of protons and electrons. Ions are charged particles that have gained or lost electrons, resulting in an imbalance of protons and electrons. This charge difference gives ions unique chemical properties compared to atoms.
