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The nucleus of the atom has a positive charge because the protons that found in the nucleus are positive and the neutrons have no charge.
The electrons on the electron cloud have a negative charge.
This means the entire atom has a neutral charge to it. The atom always has the same number of protons and electrons, which means they cancel their charges out.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoThere are three parts to an atom protons(+),electrons(-) and neutrons(neutral).
The charge depends on the atom but usually they are neutral because they have the same number of electrons as protons.
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∙ 14y agoElectrons, found on the outer level of the atom, are negative. Neutrons are neutral. Protons, found on the most inner part of the atom, are positive.
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∙ 12y agoAn atom's nucleus is composed of postively charged protons and neutral neutrons. The negatively charged electrons are located outside of the nucleus.
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∙ 14y agothe proton gives off a positive charge. the electrons give off a negative charge and the neutron gives off no charge.
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∙ 13y agoNeutron: neutral
Proton: positive
Electron: negative
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The part of the atom that accounts for electricity is the?
The electron is the part of the atom that accounts for electricity.
Explain why the electrical charge on an atom is zero or neutral?
since an electron is a negatively charged particle and a proton is a positively charged particle the positive and negative charges will cancel each other so the electrical charge on atom is zero.
What is Thomson theory?
An atom consists of a sphere of positive charge with negatively charged electron embedded in it,The positive and the negative charges in an atom are equal in magnitude, due to which an atom is electrically neutral. It has no over all negative or positive charge.
How many protons are in a nitrogren atom?
there are 7 protons in each nitrogen atom.
What the unlike charges?
the unlike charges are those which attract each other
What are the relative charges of each part of the atom?
protons positive electrons negative neutrons neutral
What are each part of the atom's charges?
Proton: positive charge Electron: negative charge Neutron: neutral
Positively charges central part of the atom?
Protons are the positively charged particles located in an atom's nucleus.
Why are a neutral atoms positive and negative charges balanced?
For the atom to be neutral, the positive and negative charges must cancel each other out.
How is it possible that an atom has no charge or is said to be neutral with an atom containing subatomic particles which possess charges?
there is an equal number of positive and negative charges which exactly cancel each other out.
Why are a molecule's atom as far away from each other as they can get?
The negative charges of their electrons repel each other.
What is charges of atom?
Positive and negative. They usual cancel out each other unless it is stable.
Explain why atoms have no electric charge even though they are made up of charged particles.?
The electrons of an atom have negative charges that are balanced by the positive charges of the protons. With the negative and positive charges canceling each other, the atom's overall charge is neutralized.Because they are neutral. Ions do have + or - charges
How can an atom be neutral when the outside is negative?
The nucleus is positive, so the charges cancel each other
What is the algebraic sum of the charges in a compound?
The algebraic sum of the charges in a compound is zero. Each atom contributes either a negative or a positive charge to form the compound when they react with each other.
Does potassuim and chlorine have opposite charges?
Potassium and chlorine atoms have the same charge, specifically 0. However, if one atom of each of these elements encounters an atom of the other, the potassium atom will transfer one of its electrons to the chlorine atom, leading to potassium ions and chloride ions, which do have opposite charges.
3 positive charges and 4 negative charges what is the overall charge of an atom?
If an atom has 3 positive charges (protons) and 4 negative charges (electrons), the 3 positive charges would "cancel out" 3 negative charges, with one negative charge left over. So the atom would have a charge of -1.
