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a electically charged atom is also known as a eletron
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a electically charged atom is also known as a eletron
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∙ 14y agoa electically charged atom is also known as a eletron
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∙ 10y agoAn atom with an imbalance of positive or negative charges is said to be electrically charged
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∙ 10y agoAn electrically charged atoms can either have more numbers of protons or electrons.
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∙ 13y agoAn atom is always electrically neutral because it has equal no of positively and negatively charged particles.
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Are atoms electrically charged particles?
An electron is a sub-atomic particle, not an atom. But it is electrically charged (it has a charge of minus one). The simplest atom, the hydrogen one isotope, has just one proton and one electron. An electron is a part of an atom. Every atom is composed of protons and electrons. Usually there are also neutrons. Protons are positively charged +1 and electrons are charged -1. Neutrons are neutral. When the number of protons and electrons are equal the atom is neutral. When an atom has an unequal number of protons and electrons it is charged either - or +. More electrons make it - and more protons make it +. In both cases the atom is called an ion.
What is Thomson theory?
An atom consists of a sphere of positive charge with negatively charged electron embedded in it,The positive and the negative charges in an atom are equal in magnitude, due to which an atom is electrically neutral. It has no over all negative or positive charge.
What happenes to the charge of and atom when it gains electrons?
when atoms gain electrons they acquire negative charge
Atoms which lose electrons and become electrically charged are called?
Ions, or more specifically Cations. When an atom loses an electron it becomes positively charged and is attracted to a cathode, hence the name cation.
What is a charged atom?
A charged atom is an ion. A positively charged version is a cation and a negatively charged one, an anion.
What is a word for an electrically charged atom?
An electrically charged atom is an ion.
Is the magnesium atom electrically neutral or electrically charged?
The magnesium atom is electrically neutral.
What is an atom that is electrically charged?
An ion
How can you tell if an atom is electrically charged?
atoms r electrically charged cuz it has same no of positive charges ands negative charges. so atom is electrically nuetral.
What is the process called that changes a neutral atom into an electrically charged atom?
Ionization. An electrically charged atom is called an ion. Positively charged ions are called cations, and negatively charged atoms are called anions.
When an atom gains an electron it what?
Electrically Charged or Negatively charged
What element has 20 electrons when the atom is electrically charged?
Neon atom
Is an electrically neutral atom the number of protons equals the number?
An electrically neutral atom has the same number of protons ( positive charged ) and electrons ( negatively charged ).
What is the difference of an atom or an ion?
A ion is an electrically charged atom, positive or negative.
What is an atom or group of atoms that become electrically charged?
IONS OS ION ^^A charged atom is called an ion
Why is an atom electrically neutral inspite of the presence of charged particles it it?
Because an electrically neutral atom has an equal number of protons and electrons.
Why is uranium electrically neutral?
Any atom is neutral in the normal state.After loss or gain of electrons an atom become electrically charged.
