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What is the state of an atom with the same number of protons and electrons?
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∙ 16y ago
neutrally charged ones All atoms have the same number of protons and electrons, that's why they're electrically neutral. The negative charge on the electron and the positive charge on the proton are the same magnitude.
If there is a difference in the number of protons and neutrons, we call the atom an Ion, and state the charge.
When there are more electrons than protons, we call this an Anion (a negatively charged Ion) and when there are fewer electrons than protons, this is called a Cation (a positively charged Ion).
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 16y agoAn atom with the same number of protons and electrons has its electrical charges balanced. It hasn't loaned out or borrowed any electrons and is said to be electrically neutral. It's a neutral atom.
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∙ 13y agoA neutral atom is an atom that has the same number of electrons as it does protons.
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∙ 12y agoAll atoms have the same number of protons and electrons. That is on the whole how atoms are classified. If there is an imbalance between electrons and protons then they are called ions.
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∙ 12y agoStable atoms of any element have the same number of protons and electrons.
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∙ 12y agoA neutral Ion.
Uncharged atom.
Sorry forgot the scientific name
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∙ 12y agoThis is called the neutral state.
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∙ 12y agoall of them do as long as it's not an ion
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In a neutral atom the number of electrons equals the number of what?
The number of electrons should equal the number of protons, otherwise you have an ion.
What can be said about the number of protons and electrons in an atom Why?
For any element an atom contains EQUAL number of protons and electrons. An atom has no charge. If any given atom has an unequal number of electrons and protons it is no longer an atom, but an ION.
What does the atomic number of an element represents?
The number of protons and electrons of the atom in a neutral state.
What is true about a atom that has a neutral charge?
The number of protons is equal to the number of electrons.
What must be true of the number of protons and the number of electrons in an atom if the atom has no charge?
The numbers of protons and of electrons in the atom must be the same.
What determines the number of electrons?
The number of protons determines the number of electrons in the ground state of the atom. However electrons can be subtracted or added when the atom is not in its ground state, creating ions.
In a neutral atom the number of electrons equals the number of what?
The number of electrons should equal the number of protons, otherwise you have an ion.
How many electrons versus protons in an atom?
The number of electrons should = the number of protons.
In an atom the number of electrons must be the same as the number of?
protons, because the protons are positive and the electrons are negative so to have a neutral atom the protons and electrons must be balanced
How would you figure the number of protons or electrons in an atom?
The number of protons in an atom is equal to its atomic number. In a neutral atom, the number of electrons is equal to that of protons. If the atom is negatively charged, add it to the number of electrons; and if positive, subtract.
What is the atomic number of an element?
The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element. An element that is in its neutral state has the same number of protons and electrons, thus the atomic number can also be used to tell the number of electrons in a non-ionic atom of that element.
What can be said about the number of protons and electrons in an atom Why?
For any element an atom contains EQUAL number of protons and electrons. An atom has no charge. If any given atom has an unequal number of electrons and protons it is no longer an atom, but an ION.
How many electrons has an atom?
An atom has the same number of electrons as it does protons, and the number of protons determines what element it is.
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 is the total number of valence electrons in a fluorine atom you n the ground state?
An atom of fluorine has 9 electrons in total. Electrons are equal to protons when the atom isn't an ion, and the number of protons is also the atomic number of the element, so you just need to know the atomic number to find out the number of electrons or protons.
Does the number of protons always equal the number of electrons?
In the atom state (not ionic), yes.
What does the atomic number of an element represents?
The number of protons and electrons of the atom in a neutral state.
