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Depends: More electrons than protons - negative. More protons than electrons - positive. Equal number of electrons and protons - neutral (no charge).
Gaining or losing an electron is called an isotope
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∙ 13y agoAn atom, with an equal number of protons and electrons, has no charge. The positive charge on the protons is equal to the negative from the electrons, so they neutralize each other.
However, it is quite possible to add and subtract electrons from an atom, turning it into an anion/cation with some level of net negative or positive electrical charge.
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∙ 13y agoAn atom has a positive electrical charge which consists of protons, neutrons and electrons. The nucleus attracts the electrons which swirl around it forming an atom. Atoms depend on others to join or won't survive except molecules can.
answ2. An atom normally has an equal number of protons and electrons, and will generally have some neutrons as well.
The neutrons and protons form the nucleus. The electrons form a 'cloud' round the nucleus.
If the number of electrons and protons is unbalanced, then you have a charged atom - it is ionized. It will no longer react chemically as it did, for the chemical nature of an atom is determined by the number of electrons.
Atoms are normally electrically neutral - they have no charge.
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∙ 13y agoFirst answer is NONsense:
Atoms have a negative charge therefore they are super easy to work with and make great use when i practise my experiments in my room at home in my spare time:) its so fun.. you should give it a go
Corrected: All atoms have a neutral charge until they lose or gain electrons. Once they lose/gain electrons then they are considered ions with respectively positive (on loosing) or negative charge (on gaining electrons, as oxygen tends to do).
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∙ 12y agothey can be both positive and negative charge, it all depends on what atoms, i am not sure but i think if they are in the 1st period
+1 charge(1+)
2nd period 2+
3rd 3+
4th 4+
5th 3-
6th 2-
7th 1-
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∙ 12y agoAn electric charge. More precisely, a negative electric charge.
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∙ 13y agoit is neutral as the protons and the neutrons are the same amount.
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∙ 11y agoit has the charges of them biting the nucluer system
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∙ 12y agonegative
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When electrons were discovered scientist inferred that neutral atoms contain positive charges because?
Scientists inferred that nuetral atoms contained postitive charges, because electrons contained negative charges.
What atoms have no overall charge?
Atoms, by definition, have no charge. If they had charges, they would be called ions.
What holds ions together in ionic bonds?
Electrostatic forces hold atoms together in an ionic compound.Ions are strongly bonded together using electrostatic attraction.Ionic bonds hold atoms together between their positive and negative ions through electrostatic attraction.
Give one reason why water molecules are attracted o each other?
The H atoms with partial + charges attract O atoms with partial - charges on other water molecules.
How did Thomson determine that there was also positive charges found in atoms?
He knew there were electrons which have negative charges, but the overall charge of the atom was zero. There had to be positive atoms for this to be true, because negative and positive charges cancel each other out in order for the overall charge to be zero.
What type of bond is formed when atoms transfer electrons and create atoms with charges?
An ionic bond.
What type of bond hold H2O atoms together?
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What type of bond that holds together is p205?
Covalent bonds hold all these atoms together with the central atoms here the two phosphorous atoms.
What type of bonds hold two atoms together?
Covalent bonds, in which atoms share valence electrons, and ionic bonds, in which electrons are transferred from one atom to another, are the types of bonds that hold atoms together.
Atoms have a higher number of positive charges than negative charges?
Cations, positively charged atoms e.g. Na+. The positive charges are the protons min the nucleus and the negative charges are electrons.
What type of bond would hold several copper atoms together?
covalent bond
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.
Charges of atoms are changed by the movement of?
Charges are changed by the movement of electrons to or from an atom.
What are type of bonds that hold the atoms within a compound together?
The three types of chemical bonds that hold the atoms within a compound together are Ionic bonds, Covalent bonds, and Polar covalent bonds.
Do atoms have a higher number of positive charges or negative?
Normally atoms are neutral.
When electrons were discovered scientist inferred that neutral atoms contain positive charges because?
Scientists inferred that nuetral atoms contained postitive charges, because electrons contained negative charges.
What part do the charges of the atoms parts play in the movement of electrons between atoms?
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