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As the tern neutral might imply, the overall charge of a neutral atomis zero.
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What is Thomson theory?
An atom consists of a sphere of positive charge with negatively charged electron embedded in it,The positive and the negative charges in an atom are equal in magnitude, due to which an atom is electrically neutral. It has no over all negative or positive charge.
What is the meaning of the term electronegativity?
Electronegativity is tendency of an atom to attract shared pair of electrons towards itself in a chemical bond. Since it is only relative electron tendency, it has no specific units. Electronegativity is elated to: (a) Size of an atom. (b) Effective nuclear charge Atom with small size and high nuclear charge has high electronegativity due to the strong pull exerted on shared electrons by the nucleus. For example, fluorine is highly electronegative element with electro negativity value 3.92 due to small size and high effective nuclear charge. Atom with greater size and less nuclear charge has low electronegativity as its nucleus does not exert a stong attractive force on shared electrons. For example, Caesium is least electronegative element with electronegativity value 0.7 due to its big sizes and less effetive nuclear charge.
If an atom has 17 protons 13 neutrons and 19 electrons what is the atoms electrical charge?
An atom with 17 protons and 19 electrons has a charge of -2, due to the excess of electrons.An atom with 17 protons, 13 neutrons, and 19 electrons is an ion of the isotope Chlorine-30, which has a half life of less than 30 nanoseconds, so that atom will not exist very long.
An ion is an atom with a net electrical charge due to .?
Gained or lost electron(s).
What charge is a nucleus?
neutral
What does the charge due to the electrons of a neutral atom do?
balances the charge on the nucleus
When a compound donates electrons the compound becomes what?
if a neutral atom donates an electron it will gain a positive charge. This is due to electrons having a negative charge.
Why does an atom have a net zero change?
All atoms of any element are electrically neutral as they will have the same number of positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons in order to maintain electrical neutrality.
Why are atoms considered to have no electric charge?
It is because an atom consists of electrons(negatively charged) and protons(positively charged) and neutrons(no charge), and the no. of electrons and protons are equal. So due to opposite charges between an electron and a proton, an atom has no electric charge or is said to be neutral.
What is the diffent between an atom and an ion?
An atom has the same number of protons and electrons. Thus, the charge is neutral. An ion is a charged atom, which means it has a charge of some type (positive or negative). If a lithium atom (3 protons and 3 electrons) gains two electrons, it will become an ion with a charge of 2-. If it loses 3 electrons, it will become an ion with a charge of 3+
An atom that has a positive or negative charge due to having unequal numbers of protons and electrons?
Ion If an atom either give up or gains electrons, it becomes an ion. an atom that has a positive or negative charge due to unequal numbers of protons and electrons.
Why are ATOMS normally electrically neutral?
Beacause atoms contain 3 types of sub atomic particle- protons,neutrons and electrons. The protons and neutrons are in the neuclius and the electrons are around the outside. The protons are positivly charged. The neutrons neutral and the electrons negativly charged. So, the protons and electrons charges cacell each other out. So the atom has no charge overall.
If an atom has 18 protons 15 neutrons and 22 electrons what is the atoms electrical charge?
If an atom has 15 protons 12 neutrons and 16 electrons, the neutrons have absolutely nothing to do with the electrical charge. Having one more electron than protons would determine the electrical charge of the atom. The atom would have a charge of -1. The extra electron would give it a negative charge.
When the number of protons and electrons are the same the atom is neutral?
Yes. When an atom has the same number of protons and electrons, it is neutral. The number of protons in an atom can never change without the element changing as well (and that is nuclear chemistry). The number of electrons can change, and when an atom gains or loses electrons, it becomes an ion. But an atom is always neutral due to the fact that the number of protons in an atom is equivalent to the number of electrons in that atom.
How does the size of a cation compare with the size of the neutral atom from which it is formed?
An ion is an atom that carries a charge because it has more or less electrons than its neutral form. An electron weighs less than 0.06% of a proton and doesn't take up any real space, therefore an ion is not different in size than its neutral atom.
How many electrons does ci have?
Chloride ion is an anion (due to the presence of negative charge)
If an electron is added to a neutral atom the atom becomes what?
it will become a negative ion due to the negative charge of electron
