What happens to the charges of an atom if the one proton and electron are removed?

Answer 1

Removal would cause the atom to change from an atom would change it into an atom of the element with an atomic number one less. Now what happens next? It depends on whether the isotope of the element you have just made is stable. If not it will undergo radioactive decay.

(Note hydrogen would of course disappear if you removed 1 proton and 1 electron)

Answer 2

you cant remove protons from an atom. if you took. integrated chemistry and physics you should know you can not because of the nucleus. atoms start out with the same amount of charges. negative and positive. under certain conditions electronns can be added or removed from an atom. removing electons would leave the atom with more positiveds than negatives, and they call that a positive ion.

ion- a charged atom.

adding electrons to an atom will result in a negative ion. if you do this enough times you can make it positive or negative.

the protons are located in the center of the atom, concentrated in a small area called the nucleus. the protons are basically trapped inside the nucleus and cant escape. so therefore a proton cannot be removed from the atom.

Answer 3

It would become a different element since the number of protons determines which element it is.

Say you have the element Be removing a proton would turn it into Li- by removing an electron you would have Li a electrically nuteral atom of Li.

Answer 4

Removing an electron from an atom would make it a cation (pronounced cat ion), giving it a positive charge.

Answer 5

If you were to remove a proton it would be a different element, a lighter element.

Answer 6

Protons are not removed from atoms. If one electron is removed, the atom would become an ion with a charge of 1+.

Answer 7

it is an isotope of another element