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The charge of an atom depends on the number of protons as compared with the number of electrons. Each electron has a charge of -1 ECU (electron charge unit), and each proton has a charge of +1 ECU.
An Ion is an atom that has a net electric charge that is not 0, because of the introduction or removal of electrons.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause the negative electrons balance out the positive protons. Is an atom gains an electron it has a negative charge, and if it looses an electron it has a positive charge.
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Are atoms the carry an electric charge?
Atoms have NO electric charge, only ions have (+ or -)
Ions are atoms that carry an electric charge?
Atoms carry a positive charge on the proton and a negative charge on the electron, usually these cancel out.
Why do atoms have no electric charge?
It has an equal number of protons and electrons.
How do you figure out an atoms electric charge?
well you take the number of protons and you subract the number of electrons thus giving you the electric charge of an element
What has a neutral electric charge?
atoms, molecules, neutrons, neutrinos, photons and others
Are atoms the carry an electric charge?
Atoms have NO electric charge, only ions have (+ or -)
Is elctric charge a property of just electricity or is charge property of all atoms?
Electric charge is a property of some subatomic particles. Atoms can be neutral (zero electric charge), or they can have a charge. If they have a charge, they are called ions.
Which particles in atoms have a electric charge?
electrons
What are atoms with a positive electric charge called?
Cations.
Do atoms have no overall electric charge?
Correct
What particles in atoms have a negative electric charge?
Electrons.
What is it when a group of atoms have an electric charge?
Ions are formed when atoms have charges. Cations are species with positive charge. Anions are species with negative charge.
Ions are atoms that carry an electric charge?
Atoms carry a positive charge on the proton and a negative charge on the electron, usually these cancel out.
What is the name of a particle with an electric charge?
The particle with an electric charge is called the proton. It makes up part of an atoms nucleus.
Is an electric charge a property of just electricity or is charge a property of all atoms?
Atoms contain both positive (protons) and negative (electrons) electric charges. But in the vast majority of atoms these positive and negative electric charges balance, canceling and resulting in zero total electric charge. When electrons detach from atoms we generate electricity. Where there are fewer electrons there is a positive charge. Where there are more electrons there is a negative charge. When two places have different charges we get an electric voltage. When electrons flow from a negatively charged place to a positively charged place we get an electric current.
Why do atoms have no electric charge?
It has an equal number of protons and electrons.
Who discovered the atoms contained electric charge?
benjamin franklin
