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If the number of electrons and protons are not the same what do you call this?
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If the number of protons and electrons are not equal, the atom becomes a charged particle called an ion.
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What do you need to build a neutral atom?
The atom needs to have the same number of electrons as it has protons.
Which two particles in an atom are equal in a number?
Under normal conditions, i.e. non-ionic, the number of protons is equal to the number of electrons.
Which element has the highest number of electrons?
Because an atom of element has the same number of electrons as of protons and the number of protons in an atom is the same as the atomic number of the atom, the answer to this is whichever element has the highest atomic number yet synthesized.
How can you calculate the number of electrons in an atom?
For a neutral atom they must have equal numbers of protons and electrons. The atomic number is the number of protons in an atom of an element. Find the atomic number by looking at the periodic table of elements.
If an atom has 35 electrons and its mass number is 80 calculate the number of protons?
In a neutral atom, the number of electrons will be the same as the number of protons. This is because one positive proton will cancel out one negative electron; therefore, if the atom is neutral, it must have the same number of protons and electrons.The number of protons is also the same as the atomic number. For this example, Bromine, with the atomic number of 35, has 35 protons.Bromine:Atomic number- 35Number of protons- 35Number of electrons- 35The mass number is the sum of the atomic number (or number of protons/electrons) and the neutrons. For this example, we know the atomic number (35) + # neutrons = mass number (80). To figure out the number of neutrons, take the mass number and subtract the number of electrons/protons/atomic number. Mass number (80) - atomic number (35) = neutrons (45).
What do you call unequal number of protons and electrons?
All atoms have the same number of protons and electrons, but an atom with a different number of protons and neutrons is called and isotope
How many electrons versus protons in an atom?
The number of electrons should = the number of protons.
In an atom the number of electrons must be the same as the number of?
protons, because the protons are positive and the electrons are negative so to have a neutral atom the protons and electrons must be balanced
What atom has the same number of protons and electrons?
Naturally, all elements have the same number of electrons and protons.
Do all atom have the same number of electrons or protons?
No, only atoms of the same element have the same number of protons and electrons.
What do you call a material having atoms with the same number of electrons in orbit as the number of protons in the nucleus?
uncharged
How are the number of protons and the number of electrons related?
They are the same.
Do protons and electrons have the same number?
Yes, the atomic number is equal to the number of protons. The number of protons is also equal to the number of electrons
What Does the number of protons always equal to?
No An atom may have less, the same, or more neutrons than protons. The number of neutrons determine which isotope of an element you have. You do expect the number of protons and electrons to be the same however. If an atom loses or gains an electron to cause the number of electrons and protons to be mismatched we call that an ion rather than an atom.
In a neutral atom the number of electrons equals the number of what?
The number of electrons should equal the number of protons, otherwise you have an ion.
What is the state of an atom with the same number of protons and electrons?
neutrally charged ones All atoms have the same number of protons and electrons, that's why they're electrically neutral. The negative charge on the electron and the positive charge on the proton are the same magnitude.If there is a difference in the number of protons and neutrons, we call the atom an Ion, and state the charge.When there are more electrons than protons, we call this an Anion (a negatively charged Ion) and when there are fewer electrons than protons, this is called a Cation (a positively charged Ion).
How do you find the number of protons electrons of an element?
The atomic number of the element is the number of protons, therefore there has to be the same amount of electrons to protons.
