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What is one of the most common causes by which atoms gain or loose electric charges?
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∙ 15y ago
the passing of electricity through conductive and semi-conductive material
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How many electric charges does atoms of helium have?
helium has 2 electrons
Is an electric charge a property of just electricity or is charge a property of all atoms?
Atoms contain both positive (protons) and negative (electrons) electric charges. But in the vast majority of atoms these positive and negative electric charges balance, canceling and resulting in zero total electric charge. When electrons detach from atoms we generate electricity. Where there are fewer electrons there is a positive charge. Where there are more electrons there is a negative charge. When two places have different charges we get an electric voltage. When electrons flow from a negatively charged place to a positively charged place we get an electric current.
What are the two electric charges?
There are two types of charges: positive charges and negative charges. Positive charges are immobile, and are found inside the nuclei of atoms as Protons. Negative charges can be mobile, and have the source of electrons. These orbit the nuclei of atoms, and can be stripped from the atoms to be used as mobile charged through conductors, such as electricity moving through wires.
What is it when a group of atoms have an electric charge?
Ions are formed when atoms have charges. Cations are species with positive charge. Anions are species with negative charge.
Who discovered that atoms have negative electric charge?
There were several scientists that discovered that atoms contained electric charges. One of the first to look at their charges more closely was J.J. Thomson.
In the photoelectric effect what happened when light hits the metal?
electrons are knocked off atoms causing electricity to flow
Why do atoms have no electric change?
Because the positive charge of the protons in an atom are cancelled out by the negative charges of the electrons in the atom.
What causes current to flow in a circuit?
The flow of electrons or is it magnetic fieldsAnswerAn electric current is a drift of electric charge, due to a potential difference. In metal conductors, the electric charges involved are free electrons, but in conducting liquids and gases, they are ions (charged atoms). The drift is extremely slow, in the range of millimetres per hour.
What is the movement of electricity?
The movement of electric charge is known as an electric current, the intensity of which is usually measured in amperes
Can atoms carry an electric charge or charges?
Yes, they are called ions. Cations are positively charged and anions are negatively charged.
Why do atoms have no electric charge even though most Of their particle have charges?
The negative particles (electrons) are balanced by the positive particles (protons).
Why do atoms have no electric charge even though most of the particles inside the atoms have charges?
Because the positive charge of the protons in the nucleus is exactly canceled by the negative charge of the electrons in the orbitals around it.
