Are you referring to P, phosphorous?
There is no element with a "charge of 18". Charges are determined by electrons, so for an atom to have a charge of ±18, it would have to lose or gain 18 electrons - something an atom wouldn't do. Perhaps you mean atomic number of 18, which would be argon or Ar.
The element is vanadium (V) because it has 23 protons. With 18 electrons and a net charge of 3 plus, it would have lost 3 electrons, resulting in a net charge of +3. The number of neutrons (28) does not affect the charge or identity of the element.
because chlorine has 17 protons contributing to a +17 charge, 18 electrons have a -18 charge, 17-18 = -1 which is the overall charge of the ion
Argon has 18 electrons.
Yes. Argon is the only neutral element with 18 electrons. However, there can be other ions that can be isoelectronic (having same number of electrons) with argon. Cations such as K+, Ca2+ or Sc3+ have 18 electrons. Anions such as Cl-, S2- or P3- have 18 electrons.
'-3' It is not an atom, when it is a charged species, but an ION. 15 protons (15+) 18 electrons (18-) Hence +15 - 18 = -3 The charge. By the numbers given , this is the element Phosphorus. , which can exhibit a 'P^(-3) ion.
Argon has 18 electrons.
Sc3+. Scandium has an atomic number of 21, in Sc3+ the number of electrons is 3 less as it is positively charged.
Yes, argon has 18 electrons. It has a total of 18 protons, which means it also has 18 electrons to balance the positive charge.
SULFUR has 16 protons.But no neutral atom of an element can have MORE Electrons than Protons. This means that NO element can have 16 Protons and 18 Electrons.
Since the anion has a 2- charge, it must have two more electrons than protons. The number of protons is 18 - 2, which is 16. Since the element has 16 protons, it is element 16, which is sulfur (S).
18. Phosphorus posses 15 electrons and 15 protons, respectively its charge is 0.By accepting 3 more electrons, with their negative charge the total charge of the atom would decrease by 3.So the total charge would be -3 and the total number of electrons would be 18.