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Because the electrons push each other and compress the protons
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Are electrons lost more easily in larger or smaller atoms?
The positive charges in a atom, concentrated in its nucleus, can more strongly attract electrons from the outside environment because the positive charges are closer to the outside environment in smaller atoms and their attraction is less "screened" by electrons already in the atom, as smaller neutral atoms have smaller number of such electrons than larger neutral atoms. However, note that this principle applies most effectively only down periodic table columns, and other factors such as electron configuration can outweigh the effect of size. For example, hydrogen is smaller than fluorine but has lower electron affinity.
Atoms are made up of more than one type of atom?
No, atoms are made up of much smaller particles like electrons, protons, and neutrons.
Is most atoms have more electrons than proton?
No. Atoms have the same number of protons and electrons. When atoms gain or lose electrons they are called ions.
Is most atoms have more electrons than proton false or true?
False, all atoms have the same no of electrons and protons. Negative ions have more electrons. Positive ions have fewer electrons.
In a ionic compound one or more atoms lose electrons and one or more electrons gains electrons?
yes
Are electrons lost more easily in larger or smaller atoms?
The positive charges in a atom, concentrated in its nucleus, can more strongly attract electrons from the outside environment because the positive charges are closer to the outside environment in smaller atoms and their attraction is less "screened" by electrons already in the atom, as smaller neutral atoms have smaller number of such electrons than larger neutral atoms. However, note that this principle applies most effectively only down periodic table columns, and other factors such as electron configuration can outweigh the effect of size. For example, hydrogen is smaller than fluorine but has lower electron affinity.
Atoms are made up of more than one type of atom?
No, atoms are made up of much smaller particles like electrons, protons, and neutrons.
Is it an ionic compound if one or more atoms loses electrons and one or more atoms gain electrons?
possible
Which best explains why cations are smaller than atoms from which they are formed?
A cation has had electrons removed. So, although cations and their parent atoms have the same number of protons in the nucleus they have a different number (lower) of electrons. This means the same number of protons pulls the smaller number of electrons closer to the nucleus and so the remaining electrons are more tightly bound by the nucleus and hence the reduction in size.
Is most atoms have more electrons than proton?
No. Atoms have the same number of protons and electrons. When atoms gain or lose electrons they are called ions.
Which type of bonding do atoms share one or more electrons?
Covalent bonding occurs when atoms share two or more electrons. Electrons are shared in pairs.
What element has atoms with more valence electrons then kernel electrons?
borin has more valence electrons than kernel electrons
Why do the properties of elements change across the period?
They change because the atomic number and mass differ from each other element. Going across the Periodic Table to the right, the atoms get smaller because another proton is added each time so the effective nuclear charge experienced by the electrons is greater and the electrons are pulled closer to the nucleus. Electronegativity increases as you progress across a period because smaller atoms are usually more likely to gain an electron. Ionization energy increases across a period because the atoms are smaller, pulled closer to the nucleus, so it takes more energy to break an electron away.
Is most atoms have more electrons than proton false or true?
False, all atoms have the same no of electrons and protons. Negative ions have more electrons. Positive ions have fewer electrons.
In a ionic compound one or more atoms lose electrons and one or more electrons gains electrons?
yes
What happen to carbon atoms valence electrons when it bonds with other atoms?
Atoms gain lose or share valence electrons in a way that makes the atoms more stable
How many electrons does each atom desire?
Atoms do not actually have desires as such, although the metaphor can be useful. Atoms are more stable when they have a full outer electron shell. The smaller atoms, hydrogen, helium, lithium, and beryllium, can obtain a full outer shell with only two electrons in it. The heavier atoms require 8 electrons to have a full outer shell. That is known as the octet rule (an octet is a set of eight).
