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What happens to an atom's overall charge if it gains an electron?
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since an electron is negatively charged, adding an electron to an atom will cause it to become negatively charged.
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What a neutral atom gains electrons what happens to the atoms overall charge?
It becomes negatively charged.
What do atoms do that alters there overall neutral charge?
Atoms either gain or lose electrons to change their overall neutral charge.
What atoms have no overall charge?
Atoms, by definition, have no charge. If they had charges, they would be called ions.
Why don't atoms have an overall charge?
neutrons don't have a charge
what charge conductors have?
Under normal circumstances, a conductor has no overall charge. Even though there are large numbers of free electrons available as charge carriers, for each free electron there is a corresponding proton within the atoms that make up the conductor. With equal numbers of protons and electrons, there is no overall charge.
What a neutral atom gains electrons what happens to the atoms overall charge?
It becomes negatively charged.
How do atoms maintain their charge?
Atoms in their stable state have equal number of protons and electrons.If an atom loses one electron, it gains one positive charge- electrophile in terms or organic chemistry. If an atom gains one electrons it has overall negative charge or no charge if the incoming electron completes the valence occupancy.
What do atoms do that alters there overall neutral charge?
Atoms either gain or lose electrons to change their overall neutral charge.
What atoms have no overall charge?
Atoms, by definition, have no charge. If they had charges, they would be called ions.
What happens if atom loses electron?
When an atom loses electrons it becomes ionized and more positive a charge. Losing an electron can cause this atom to react with other atoms.
Why don't atoms have an overall charge?
neutrons don't have a charge
Explain how copper atoms are converted into copper plus ions in a mass spectrometer?
An electron beam is shot at the Cu atoms, from an electron gun, this knocks out electrons meaning the overall charge of the atom becomes positive as negative electrons have been lost.
what charge conductors have?
Under normal circumstances, a conductor has no overall charge. Even though there are large numbers of free electrons available as charge carriers, for each free electron there is a corresponding proton within the atoms that make up the conductor. With equal numbers of protons and electrons, there is no overall charge.
What is the final overall charge of the bonded atoms hydrogen and fluorine?
The overall charge on the compound HF is zero.
What is an atoms overall electrical charge?
Neutral. An atom has as many negative electrons in its shells as there are positive protons in its nucleus. Thus overall the positive and negative charges are balanced out. Should an atom gain or lose an electron it will then become an 'Ion' which will have an overall negative or positive (respectively) charge.
Ions are atoms that carry an electric charge?
Atoms carry a positive charge on the proton and a negative charge on the electron, usually these cancel out.
Do atoms have no overall electric charge?
Correct
