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Are charges balanced in an atom?
Yes, charges are balanced in an atom. An atom is electrically neutral, meaning it has an equal number of protons (positively charged) and electrons (negatively charged). This balance between positive and negative charges allows atoms to remain stable.
If an atom has both positive and negative particles how can it be neutral?
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.)
What are the different charges of plutonium?
Plutonium has all valences between 1 and 8.
How many electrons are present in a neutral atom with an atomic number of eight?
There are eight electrons in the neutral form of the atom with the atomic number eight (oxygen or O). --- Answer 2: 8. The atomic number represents the number of protons (positive charge) in an atom. For the atom to have a neutral charge, there must be 8 negative charges in the shells around the nucleus of the atom.
Is an atom of iron the same the same as atom of oxygen?
An atom of iron has 26 protons. An atom of oxygen has 8 protons. The atoms are significantly different.
A neutral atom that has 8 protons must have?
8 electrons to maintain a neutral charge in order to balance the 8 positive charges from the protons in the nucleus.
A certain atom has 15 protons 8 neutrons and 12 electrons Which is a different isotope of this atom?
An atom with 15 protons, 15 neutrons, and 15 electrons.
If an atom has eight protons how many electrons does it have?
It would have 8 electrons because the negative charge and positive charges have to cancel or balance each other out in order to make a stable atom of that element, which would be oxygen.
What has 8 protons 8 neutrons and 8 electrons?
Oxygen has 8 protons, 8 neutrons and 8 electrons. The symbol for oxygen is O and the atomic number is 8.
What is the charge of s8 element?
The charge of the element S8 is neutral. Each atom of sulfur has 16 electrons, arranged in 2, 8, and 6 electrons in its electron shells. However, when sulfur forms compounds, it can have different charges depending on the nature of the reaction.
When a reaction occurs between atoms with the electron configuration 2-8-1 and 2-7 what is the predominant type of bonds formed?
The reaction would likely form an ionic bond where the atom with 2-8-1 would lose its outer electron to the atom with 2-7 configuration, resulting in the formation of ions with opposite charges that are attracted to each other.
A certain oxygen atom has an atomic number of 8 and a mass number of 16 what is the number of neutrons in the atom?
oxygen has atomic number 8. It means that there are 8 protons (positively charged) adn 8 electrons (negatively charged). Since the number of positive charges and negative charges is equal, they both nullify each other and atom become electrically stable. The number of neutrons don't matter as they are neutral in charge.
