This is a chemical element. You can find the how many electron in a single atom by using a Periodic Table.
Helium atom has 2 electrons.
A cation is a positive ion. To get 2 positive charges the atom would need to lose 2 electrons. As its configuration is 2,8,2, this is what it is likely to do when it reacts as the resulting ion has an inert gas structure.
An atom of helium has 2 electric charges, which are positive protons in the nucleus and negative electrons surrounding the nucleus.
A neutral atom of helium has 2 electrons.
Electrons have a negative charge, and protons have a positive charge. If i have more protons(plus charges) than electrons(minus charges) overall the atom will have a positive charge(mabye +1 or +2 etc....depending how many more protons there are compared to electrons) If there are more electrons(minus charges) than protons(plus charges) then overall the atom will have a negative charge(mabye -1 or -2 etc....depending how many more electrons there are compared to protons) These charged atoms are known as ions.
positive!(: more protons = positive more electrons = negative say an atom has 2 more protons than electrons, it has a charge of 2+ if it had 3 more electrons than protons, it has a charge of 3- if electrons are taken away, what will the charge be? answer: positive, because there are less electrons same works vice versa. hope i helped! source: 8th grade science class(:
If an atom loses 2 electrons, it will have a positive 2 charge when it forms an ion. This is because it loses negatively charged electrons, leaving behind a positively charged atom due to an excess of protons.
There are 2 valence electrons in an atom of magnesium. There are 5 valence electrons that are in an atom of phosphorus. There are 4 valence electrons that are in a silicon atom.
(a) a sodium atom with 11 protons, 11 electrons, and 12 neutrons (b) a calcium atom with 20 protons, 18 electrons, and 20 neutrons (c) a helium atom with 2 protons, 2 electrons, and 2 neutrons (d) an iron atom with 26 protons, 26 electrons, and 30 neutrons
A barium atom has two valence electrons.
2. The atomic number which is 2 stands for how many protons (also electrons, in an uncharged atom) are in the element's atom.
2