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Are charges balanced in an atom?
A balanced atom is an atom that has it's outer energy level (AKA shell) completely filled in with 8 valence electrons.
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.)
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 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.
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.
What are the different charges of plutonium?
Plutonium has all valences between 1 and 8.
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.
Are Atoms of one element are different from atoms of other elements?
Yes. Atoms are unique to whichever element they compose. They have different amounts of electrons, protons and (neutrons). For Example: Hydrogen Atom: 1 electron, 1 proton. Oxygen Atom: 8 electrons, 8 protons, 8 neutrons.
An atom contains 8 valence electrons This atom is probably a?
This atom could be any of a number of different elements: having 8 valance electrons does not necessarily mean that the outer shell of the atom is full as larger atoms can store more electrons per shell (first shell=2, 2nd=8, 3rd, 18, etc)
What does it mean oxygen has 8 protons?
In an Oxygen atom's nucleus, there are 8 protons. In a neutral atom, there are also 8 electrons. Oxygen also has an atomic (protonic) number of 8, meaning that it has 8 protons. On the periodic table, elements are listed according to increasing atomic numbers.
