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What kind of charge does an atom with 20 protones and 20 electrons have?
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Neutral or no charge.
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An atom with an additional election has what kind of charge?
If an object has extra electrons, it will surely have negative charge.
What kind of charge wold an atom have if it had more protons than electrons?
positive
What kind of atom is called a neutral atom?
An atom that has the same amount of protons and electrons has no net charge and therefore is neutral.
What is the use of neutrons protons and electrons?
Neutron are what keeps the nucleus together. Protons are what decides the kind of element which the atom is and the electrons decide the charge of the atom.
If an object has more electrons than protons it has what type of charge?
Since protons have a positive charge and electrons have a negative charge, an atom with more protons than electrons would have a positive charge. Note that an atom with this kind of imbalance is known as an ion.
What kind of charge does each part of an atom have?
Neutron= neutral Protons=positive Electrons=negative
What kind of atom is a normal atom?
What do you mean by "normal" atom? There are ions: charged atoms or molecules. It is charged because the number of electrons do not equal the number of protons in the atom or molecule. An atom can acquire a positive charge or a negative charge depending on whether the number of electrons in an atom is greater or less then the number of protons in the atom. But I think a "normal" atom, would be a neutral one. A neutral atom has the same amount of protons as electrons, therefore have no net charge.
What is the differencebetweenelectrons neutrons?
Electrons are extremely small compared to neutrons. Electrons have a negative charge and surround the nucleus in a kind of 'cloud'. Neutrons have no charge and are located in the nucleus of an atom.
What kind of charge does the a whole atom have?
Every proton in an atom's nucleus gives it a positive charge equal to the negative charge from the electrons orbiting the nucleus. The charge of the entire atom is neutral if there are an equal number of protons and electrons. If there are an unequal number of protons and electrons, the net charge of the atom, which is now an ion, is plus or minus e for each extra or missing electron. For example if an atom has 6 protons and 4 electrons, it has a charge of plus 2e.
What kind of bound forms when an atom gains or losses electrons?
When an atom gains or loses electrons and therefore becomes an ion, it takes on either a positive or negative charge (positive if it lost electrons, negative if it gained electrons) and can bond to ions of the opposite charge in an ionic bond.
Why electrons carry the negative charge and cirles the nucleus?
Electrons are the smallest and lightest of the particles in an atom. Electrons are in constant motion as they circle around the nucleus of that atom. Electrons are said to have a negative charge, which means that they seem to be surrounded by a kind of invisible force field. This is called an electrostatic field.
What kind of charge do you get when you remove an electron from an atom?
Atoms lose electrons to form positively charged cations.
