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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
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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.
What do you call the number that tells an element's location on the periodic table of elements?
Atomic number and it also tells the number of protons and electrons in an atom it is on top of the element symbol.
What do you call the area that contains protons and electrons given off by the sun?
Ionosphere
Which is a property of all atoms?
Which of these is always true of atoms? protons, electrons AND neutrons are always equal in number they are always bonded to another atom they always have a charge they are always neutral in elements
How are atoms and elements similar?
Atoms of the same element are identical. there protons all have the same number but there can be variations between the number of electrons,neutrons and atomic mass.By:Matthew Ray Tan Caseñas
If the number of electrons and protons are not the same what do you call this?
If the number of protons and electrons are not equal, the atom becomes a charged particle called an ion.
What do you call an atom with the number of electrons is different from the number of protons?
The name is ion.
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.
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
In a normal atom how many electrons are there compared to protons?
In a "normal" atom, the number of electrons equal the number of protons. Many atoms, however, have missing or extra electrons, giving these atoms positive or negative charges, which we call ions.
What do you call an atom where the number of electrons is different from the number of protons?
An ion. If electrons are in excess over proton then it is negative ion. And if less then positive 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).
Which number is equal to the number of protons in the atom?
Nothing in an atom has the same number of electrons. Instead, all atoms are composed of protons (+1 charge) and electrons (-1 charge), and most atoms also have neutrons (no charge). The protons and neutrons are held together in a small cluster at the center of the atom called the nucleus and the number of protons identifies the type of atom (hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, etc.) The electrons move about the nucleus in volumes of space called orbitals and for neutral atoms the number of protons and electrons is the same. If the number of protons and electrons is not the same the atom has a net positive or negative charge and we call it an ion.
Why doesn't the number of protons change for a single element while the neutrons and electrons can?
Because the no. of protons is the primary property through which we call an atom to be of a particular element.
Atomic number equals protons?
The atomic number is defined as the number of protons in an atom. The number of electrons will always be the same if the atom is neutral- if the atom is not neutral we usually call it an ion. The number of neutrons can vary, and make what are called isotopes. For example, carbon has atomic number 6, meaning every carbon atom has 6 protons. Every neutral carbon atom has 6 electrons. Carbon can have several isotopes, the most common of which is carbon-12 and carbon-14. Carbon 12 has 6 protons and 6 neutrons, and carbon 14 has 6 protons and 8 neutrons. Answer: atomic no. of an element= no. of protons = no. of electrons while no. of neutrons = mass no. - no. of protons
What do you call the number that tells an element's location on the periodic table of elements?
Atomic number and it also tells the number of protons and electrons in an atom it is on top of the element symbol.
How many protons electrons and neutrons does copper have?
Copper 63: 29 protons, 29 electrons, 34 neutronsCopper 65: 29 protons, 29 electrons, 36 neutronsCopper The number of protons in an atom of an element is the same as the atomic number. So finding the number of protons in an atom just consists of looking at a periodic table. Copper's atomic number is 29, so it has 29 protons.In a neutral atom, the number of electrons will equal and balance the number of protons, so it would also be 29 electrons.The number of neutrons will depend on the isotope you have. Atoms of the same element can exist with different numbers of neutrons - these are what we call isotopes. However, there are only two isotopes of copper, 63Cu and 65Cu, which have 34 and 36 neutrons respectively.
