An electrically neutral atom has the same number of protons ( positive charged ) and electrons ( negatively charged ).
An electrically neutral atom has the same number of electrons as protons. Since protons have a positive change and electrons have a negative charge, when there is the same number of them, the charges cancel each other out. Example: Helium is neutral when it has 2 electrons, since it also has 2 protons.
The number of electrons can be determined if the overall charge and number of protons are known. If the charge of an atom is neutral, then how ever many protons it has it will also have that number of electrons.
Always the Atomic Number = Number of Protons If electrically neutral, Atomic Number = Number of Electrons = Number of Protons
An atom has no electrical charge because the negative charge of the electrons counteract the positive charge of the protons and the neutrons in the nucleus have a neutral charge. For example, Carbon has 6 electrons(-6 charge) and has 6 protons(+6 charge). Giving it an atomic weight of 12 and a charge of 0. The 6 neutrons do not change this charge, they keep it the same because they are neutral. (:
No. of protons is 7. No. of neutrons is atomic weight -no. of protons. In neutral atom no. of protons equals the number of electrons which would be 7 in this case. Refer to periodic table for more information.
Yes, in an electrically neutral atom or compound or mixture.
atomic number = number of protons = number of electrons (in a neutral atom)
An example of an electrically neutral atom is carbon. Carbon has 6 protons and 6 electrons, giving it an equal number of positive and negative charges, which cancels out to make it electrically neutral.
All neutral atoms have the same number of protons and electrons as they are electrically neutral.
The number of electrons
An atom is neutral if the number of protons and the number of electrons it has are the same.
An atom is electrically neutral because it has the same number of protons (positively charged) in its nucleus as electrons (negatively charged) surrounding the nucleus. This balancing of positive and negative charges within the atom results in an overall neutral charge.
You can calculate the number of electrons in an element by looking at its atomic number on the periodic table. The atomic number tells you the number of protons in the nucleus, which is equal to the number of electrons in a neutral atom. So, for example, carbon (C) has an atomic number of 6, meaning it has 6 electrons when it is neutral.
Generally an atom contains similar number of electrons and protons. That is why an atom is neutral.
An atom is electrically neutral because it has an equal number of protons (positive charge) in the nucleus and electrons (negative charge) outside the nucleus. The positive and negative charges balance each other out, resulting in a net charge of zero for the atom.
Normally the number of protons and electrons are equal.
A "atom" which by definition is electrically neutral, has the same number of electrons as it has protons.