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A nucleus will not contain any electrons. The nucleus of an atom contains protons and neutrons. Electrons inhabit a "cloud" around the nucleus. With 3 electrons, the charge of an ion of the atom could theoretically be as negative as -2 if you somehow managed to stick them to a hydrogen nucleus or -1 if you could somehow stick them to a helium nucleus. Neither would be very stable though and unlikely to be observed. The most likely charges would be 0 (neutral) on a lithium atom or +4 on an ion of Nitrogen (one of the oxidation numbers for Nitrogen is +4 which would correspond to only 3 electrons being associated with the nucleus). Other possibilities are just not stable.
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Does The nucleus of an aluminum atom have a charge of plus 13 and is surrounded by a total of 13 electrons?
yes. it does.
What is lonicity?
Ionicity refers to whether a chemical is an ion or not. An ion is a molecule whose total number of protons do not equal the total number of electrons. There are two kinds of ions: -An "anion" is an ion that contains more electrons than protons. It has a negative charge. -A "cation" is an ion that contains more protons than electrons. This has a positive charge.
How does a proton electron and a neutron affect the atom?
Each electron contributes a charge of -1 elementary charge; each proton a charge of +1. In a neutral atom, there is the same amount of protons and electrons; in this case, the charges cancel, and (to the outside), the total charge is zero. If an atom has more or less electrons than protons, it DOES have an electrical charge; those atoms are called "ions".
What is the total charge on a neutral atom?
By definition, atoms have no overall electrical charge. That means that there must be a balance between the positively charged protons and the negatively charged electrons. Atoms must have equal numbers of protons and electrons. In our example, an atom of krypton must contain 36 electrons since it contains 36 protons.
How many unpaired electrons does phosphorus with the charge of negative three have?
18. Phosphorus posses 15 electrons and 15 protons, respectively its charge is 0.By accepting 3 more electrons, with their negative charge the total charge of the atom would decrease by 3.So the total charge would be -3 and the total number of electrons would be 18.
What is the total charge on an oxygen ion that has 8 protons 8 neutrons and 10 electrons?
Consider an atom of oxygen in which the nucleus contains 8 protons and 8 neutrons. If it is doubly ionized, what is the charge of the oxygen ion and how many electrons remain in the ion?
Why is the nucleus's charge positive?
because the nucleus consists of protons and neurons- protons are positively charged and neutrons have no charge, therefore in total it is positive. however the nucleus is surronded by electrons which have a negative charge... the same number of protons and electrons cancel eachothers charge but the nucleus has a positive charge because it only has protons, no elecrons
What is the total charge at the nucleus of silicon atom?
the nucleus of silicon contains neutrons and protons. neutrons are electrically neutral. The atomic no. of Si is 14, which means the Si nucleus contains 14 protons, so the charge at the nucleus of silicon atom is +14
Does The nucleus of an aluminum atom have a charge of plus 13 and is surrounded by a total of 13 electrons?
yes. it does.
What is total charge of an atom?
Short Answer:The total charge of an atom is the number of protons in the nucleus, minus the number of electrons around the nucleus. Normally, atoms have as many protons as electrons and the atom is neutral, otherwise, it is a negative ion with a charge of -1, -2, etc if it has extra electrons or +1, +2 etc if it is missing electrons and is a positive ion.Explanation:Atoms have a positively charged nucleus and a collection of negatively charged electrons around the nucleus. Because each proton in the nucleus has a positive charge of exactly the same size as the negative charge of an electron, when the normal atom has as many electrons as protons, the total charge of the atom is zero. It is a neutral atom.If there is one more electron than than the number of protons, there is a net negative charge of -1. If the atom is missing an electron, the total charge is +1.If an atom has one or more extra electrons, we say it is a negative ion and the total charge of the ion is -1 or -2 or "-" the number of extra electrons.If an atom is one or more electrons, we say it is a positive ion and the total charge of the ion is +1 or +2 or "+" the number of missing electrons, i.e. the excess number of protons.Total Charge = (number of protons) - (number of electrons).
Why don't atoms carry net charge?
The total positive charge of the nucleus is cancelled by the negatively charged electrons revolving around the nucleus. Hence atoms are electrically neutral
What is a charge in an atom?
An atom can either have a positive or negative charge, and a charged atom is called an ion. If an atom loses an electron to another atom, it becomes a positive ion. If an atom gains an electron, it becomes a negative ion.
Total Charge of protons in Carbon?
+6 which is neutralized by the electrons outside the nucleus
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
Why does the nucleus in every atom have a positive charge?
the nucleus contains only protons and neutrons which have no charge. since protons are postively charged, all nuclei are postively charged. the negative electrons fly around outside the nucleus, so every atom is neutral, but the center is only positive. hydrogen usually has no neutrons unless it's a relatively rare isotope of H-2 or H-3, but the nuclei are still +.
What is lonicity?
Ionicity refers to whether a chemical is an ion or not. An ion is a molecule whose total number of protons do not equal the total number of electrons. There are two kinds of ions: -An "anion" is an ion that contains more electrons than protons. It has a negative charge. -A "cation" is an ion that contains more protons than electrons. This has a positive charge.
Difference between Na and Na plus?
Na+ will be a sodium atom that has lost an electron. Normally in atoms the amount of protons and electrons are equal, when you see a plus or minus charge on an atom its due to the loss or gain of electrons.
