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What number is used to determine how many electrons are in a neutral atom?
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∙ 12y ago
The atomic number (the number of protons in the atom). Neutral charge = 0 = (number of protons - number of neutrons).
Therefore, number of protons = number of neutrons
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Do electrons determine what kind of element an atom is?
The number of protons determine the element. It is equal to the atomic number. The number of electrons is equal to the number of protons only of the atom is neutral.
What is the number of electrons in a neutral atom of an element on an periodic table?
There is none, but a neutral atom is called a neutron. There is no neutral element.
What makes an atom neutral?
An atom is neutral if the numbers of protons and electrons are equal it's neutral.
What are the number of electrons present in a neutral barium atom?
The barium atom (neutral) contain 56 electrons.
How many electrons do atoms need to be neutral?
It depends entirely on what type of atom it is. (Neutral atom is redundant. A "non-neutral" atom is referred to as an ion) If it is an atom of carbon, for example, there are 6 electrons. Silicon, on the other hand, has 14 electrons.
What does the number of electrons in an atom determine?
In a neutral atom the total number of electrons is equal to the number of protons and atomic number.
If you know the number of electrons in a neutral atom can you determine what the element is?
Yes, in a neutral atom the number of electrons and protons is equal, and it is the number of protons that determines what element the atom is. So, by looking at the number of electrons you can tell what element it is.
Do electrons determine what kind of element an atom is?
The number of protons determine the element. It is equal to the atomic number. The number of electrons is equal to the number of protons only of the atom is neutral.
What number of an element can be used to determine the number of electrons in an atom?
The Atomic Number of an element is the same as the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of that element and/or the number of electrons a in neutral atom of that element.
How do you determine the valence electrons of aluminium?
In the neutral atom of a chemical element number of electrons= number of protons=atomic number.
What does the number of protons or electrons in an atom conclude?
The number of protons in an atom determine what element it is, while the number of electrons is what gives it it's electric charge (positive, neutral, or negative. i.e. if there are 5 protons and 5 electrons, the atom will have a neutral charge.
What is the number of electrons in a neutral atom equals?
In a neutral atom the number of electrons is equal to the number of protons. The opposite charge between protons and electrons is what allows for a neutral atom.
Determine the number of protons contained in a neutral atom of palladium that has 46 electrons?
46
What is the number of electrons in a neutral atom of an element on an periodic table?
There is none, but a neutral atom is called a neutron. There is no neutral element.
What is the relationshp of protons and electrons in a neutral atom?
In any neutral atom, the number of protons = the number of electrons.
What makes an atom neutral?
An atom is neutral if the numbers of protons and electrons are equal it's neutral.
What is the relationship between the atomic number and the electrons in neutral atom?
In a neutral atom the number of protons is equal to the number of electrons. And by definition the atomic number of an atom is equal to the number of protons in it. So the atomic number of a neutral atom is equal to the number of protons or the number of electrons in the atom.
