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In physics when a particle is charged it is also a particle with an electric charge. They may be an ion such as a molecule with a surplus of electrons.
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What moves in a current?
Heat Energy
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.
Why an atom has no charge even though it contains charged particle?
There are particles within the atom that are charged. Protons have a positive charge, while neutrons have a neutral charge(in other words they have no electrical charge). If you take a look at the website below, the blue circles in the centre represent neutrons, with no charge, and the red circles are protons, with a positive electrical charge. The gray spheres orbiting around the nucleus(centre of the atom with most of the mass) represent electrons, which have a negative charge and weigh about 1/2000 of the mass of a proton/neutron. visitthis site http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Stylised_Lithium_Atom.svg/180px-Stylised_Lithium_Atom.svg.png
What is the wave model?
The modern atom model that has a small positively charged nucleus surrounded by a large region in which there are enough electrons to make the neutral It has energy level on the outside with electrons on it negatively charged and the same number always of the protons which is the atomic number on the periodic table) and there can be only up to a certain amount of electrons on each energy level, 2 for the 1st, 8 for the second a nucleus that has protons and neutrons inside. The protons is equal to the atomic number and is the same number of electrons and is positively charged. The neutron has no electrical charge and are the particles that keep the protons from bouncing of each other and is the atomic mass found on the periodic table minus the number of electrons or protons. The protons (positive) attract to the electrons negative and the neutrons make the atom neutral
How old are electrons?
Not all electrons are the same age, since there are a variety of processes by which subatomic particles can change into other particles (by reason either of decay, or high energy collision with other particles). However in general, electrons formed not long after the Big Bang which was a bit less than fourteen billion years ago.
2 subatomic particles have the same charge?
Protons have positively charged particles, Electrons have negatively charged particles, and Neutrons don't have and charged particles
Why the behaviour of both protons and electrons in isotopes of an atom are the same?
This behaviour is not the same: protons are positive charged particles and electrons are very small negative charged particles.
What do valence electrons and electrons have in common?
All are elementary particles, with the same mass, negative charged (-1).
How can an atom be electrically neutral charged when it contain particles that are charged?
an atom is electrically neutral if the protons and electrons are the same number. ex: if you have 16 protons and 16 electrons its is neutral
What is the negatively charged particle that spins around the center of an atom?
an electron. :) and protons are positively charged and chill out in the Nucleus. The Nucleus also includes Neutrons which are, go figure, Neutral charge. So the negatively charged electrons orbit the Nucleus and inside the nucleus are Protons - positive - and Neutrons - neutral. In fact, what keeps the electrons orbiting is the fact that opposite charges are attracted to one another, so the negatively charged electrons are attracted to the positively charged Nucleus. (the nucleus is positive because it's made up of positive particles - protons - and neutral particles - neutrons - so the overall charge is positive.) :) Hope this helped.
Why electron doesn't replel in an orbit?
Electron doesn't repel in an orbit however they are same charged particle, but same charged particles always repel. This is due Meson's theory of charged particles, he says electrons doesn't repel because they have one orbital different and another different.
What is the same about protons and electrons?
No, they are completely different. A proton is much larger than and electron and carries a positive charge. Protons can be divided into smaller particles called quarks. An electron is tiny compared to a proton and carries a negative charge. Electrons are fundamental particles, meaning they cannot be divided into smaller particles.
Why is any atom neutral?
The atom has the same number of electrons as protons. electrons are negatively charged, and protons are positively charged. So for example in a Helium atom, it has 2 protons and 2 electrons, so the sub-particles cancel out, making the atom neutral.
How is are element and an atom different?
An atom is an individual particle made of protons(positively charged particles), electrons(negatively charged particles) and neutrons(particles with no charge). The type of atom depends on the number of protons in the nucleus(the centre of the atom). An element is all atoms of the same type.
What causes electric current to flow in a circut?
A voltage. That acts like a force on electrons (or other charged particles), pushing them away from one end, and attracting them to the other end (of a battery, for example).A voltage. That acts like a force on electrons (or other charged particles), pushing them away from one end, and attracting them to the other end (of a battery, for example).A voltage. That acts like a force on electrons (or other charged particles), pushing them away from one end, and attracting them to the other end (of a battery, for example).A voltage. That acts like a force on electrons (or other charged particles), pushing them away from one end, and attracting them to the other end (of a battery, for example).
Are there particles in electricity?
Static electricity is stationary electrical charge. Electrical current is moving electrical charge. Electrical charge is held in charge carriers. In electrical wiring there is one type of charge carrier: electrons. Electrons are real particles from the conduction band of the metal atoms of the wire. These electrons are delocalized and form an "electron gas" that fills the bulk of the solid metal. In semiconductor electronics there are two types of charge carriers: electrons and holes. Electrons are negatively charged real particles from the conduction band of atoms in the semiconductor. Holes are positively charged virtual particles produced when electrons are missing from the valence band of atoms in the semiconductor. In vacuum tube electronics there is one type of charge carrier: electrons. Electrons are real particles that can move freely through the vacuum inside the tube envelope from the negatively charged cathode to the positively charged anode. In chemistry there are two types of charge carriers: negatively charged ions and positively charged ions. Negatively charged ions are atoms with extra electrons n their valence band. Positively charged ions are atoms with electrons missing from their valence band. Atoms are real particles. In plasma physics there is one kind of charge carrier: positively charged highly ionized atoms. Positively charged highly ionized atoms are atoms missing many (possibly all) electrons. Atoms (even their bare nuclei without any electrons) are real particles. In particle physics there are three charge states of a particle: negative, neutral, and positive. The negative and positive particles are charge carriers. So yes, there are particles in electricity. But then in Quantum Mechanics everything is both a particle and a wave at the same time.
Do protons have the same charge as electrons?
yes. protons are positively charged. electrons are negatively charged
