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What type of electrical charge is associated with a single atom?
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∙ 13y ago
If an atom has an even number of protons and electrons, it has no charge, so it is neutral. If it has an uneven number of protons or electrons and has a positive or negative charge depending on which has more. It is then called radioactive.
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What is the charge of an unbonded atom?
There is no net electrical charge on an "unreacted" atom.
When a neutral atom captures a free electron what is the net charge on the atom?
The charge of an atom who captured a single elektron is - or -1
An atom differs in electric charge from what?
A neutral atom differs in charge from a positive or negative ion.
What bears a positive electrical charge while what has no electrical charge?
The proton is the particle that has a positive charge. The neutron is the particle that has a neutral charge. both of these reside in the nucleus of an atom.
If an atom has 15 protons 17 neutrons and 11 electrons what is the atom's electrical charge?
the atom would positive
What is the electrical charge on a single atom of an element listed on the Periodic Table?
The atom is neutral.
Why does a free atom have no electrical charge?
A free atom has no electrical charge because it has an equal number of protons and electrons. Each proton has a single positive charge, and each electron has a single negative charge. These balance each other and the result is a net neutral atom (or no net charge).
Describe the three types of small particles within an atom and explain how they are arranged?
Protons have a single unit of positive electrical charge (+) Electrons have a single unit of negative electrical charge (-) Neutrons have no electrical charge
Does an atom have an electric charge?
If there is an imbalance in the numbers of protons in electrons, then yes, an atom would have electrical charge.
What is the general overall charge of an atom?
A neutral atom hasn't an electrical charge.
What is the electrical charge of a fluorine atom?
-1 charge
What do you call an atom when it has an electric charge?
An atom with an electrical charge is called an ion.
What is an atom that has an electrical charge?
Neutron .
What is the charge of an unbonded atom?
There is no net electrical charge on an "unreacted" atom.
An ion is an atom with a net electrical charge due to .?
Gained or lost electron(s).
Is an atom with the same number of electrons and protons the electrical charge is?
The atom is neutral,, there is no net charge
An atom with electrical charge?
Any ion.
