Since the atom is electrically neutral, the number of electrons must be the same as the number of protons in the atom, which is the definition of atomic number. Therefore, there are 9 electrons.
An electrically neutral carbon atom has the same number of electrons as it does protons: 6, which is equal to its atomic number.
An electrically neutral atom is one that has an equal number of protons and electrons.
All neutral atoms have the same number of protons and electrons as they are electrically neutral.
In a neutral atom, the number of electrons is always the same as the atomic number.
You cannot know for sure withoutmore information. An electrically neutral sodium atom (sodium has at. no. 11) will have the same number of electrons as protons; atomic number tells you the number of protons, so this atom has 11 protons and would have 11 electrons if electrically neutral, however, if the atom is charged, it could have more or fewer electrons. Sodium atoms in stars are highly ionized and may have just a few if any any electrons.
You can only be sure of the number of electrons if the element is electrically neutral. If an element is electrically neutral, then the number of electrons is the same as the number of protons which is the atomic number of the element. For instance an electrically neutral atom of carbon, there are 6 electrons because there are 6 protons in a carbon atom.
atomic number = number of protons = number of electrons (in a neutral atom)
Eight, the atomic number of oxygen.
The atomic number tells you the number of protons that an element has. An electrically neutral atom necessarily has the same number of electrons as it has protons.
Protons are electrically positive charged, electrons are electrically negative charged, neutrons are electrically neutral. The number of electrons and protons is equal in a neutral atom. Protons and neutrons are in the atomic nucleus, electrons on electron shells, forming electron clouds.
An electrically neutral carbon atom has the same number of electrons as it does protons: 6, which is equal to its atomic number.
A neutral chlorine atom has 17 electrons. You can know this because chlorine's atomic number is 17, which is the number of protons in the nuclei of its atoms, and a neutral atom has equal numbers of electrons and protons.
An electrically neutral atom is one that has an equal number of protons and electrons.
The difference is in the number of electrons they have. In a neutral atom, the number of electrons is the same as the number of protons (or atomic number) for that element. In an ion, this is not the case, with either less electrons (an overall positive charge) or more electrons (an overall negative charge) than he neutral atom
Fluorine is the element with atomic weight closest to 19 amu. Fluorine has an atomic number of 9, so an electrically neutral fluorine atom would have 9 electrons.
Lawrencium's atomic number is 103. That means it has 103 protons. In order to be electrically neutral then, it must also have 103 electrons.
Chlorine has 17 electrons. The number of electrons in an electrically neutral atom is equal to its atomic number (the number of protons in the nucleus of the atom). The electronic configuration of chlorine is [Ne] 3s2 3p5.