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This depends on the amount of Valence electrons.
If the atom needs to gain electrons to have a stable energy shell, it is negatively charged. If it needs to lose electrons to have a stable energy shell, it is positively charged.
The way you can tell is to look at the number of protons- that is the same as the number of electrons.
Electrons form energy shells around the nucleus, which can contain 2 electrons in the first shell and 8 in all the ones going outwards. The valence electrons are the ones in the outermost shell.
If you look at how many electrons your atom needs to lose or gain to become stable, you can determine whether or not it is positively or negatively charged.
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no dude u answered it wrong, if an atom has equal protons and electrons then it's neutral, or in other words have no charge. cause the charge of the protons are cancelled out by the charge of the electrons
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What are the differences and the similarities on ions and atoms?
Atoms are neutral particles containing equal numbers of protons and electrons, while ions have gained or lost electrons, causing them to be positively or negatively charged. Both ions and atoms contain protons, neutrons, and electrons, but ions have an unequal number of protons and electrons, leading to their charge.
All atoms of sodium must contain what?
All atoms of sodium must contain 11 protons in their nucleus.
Does Neutral potassium atoms contain more protons than electrons?
No, any neutral atom contains the same number of protons as electrons. Protons have a positive charge, and electrons have a negative charge, so in order to be neutral, the numbers of protons and electrons have to be equal.
What is true about all anions?
Atoms are not anions. An atom is an electrically neutral particle with equal numbers of protons and electrons. An atom becomes an anion by gaining more electrons, so becoming negatively charged.
How do the numbers of protons neutrons and electrons for an element compare?
In the neutral state, all atoms of the same element contain equal numbers of protons and electrons. However, most elements have atoms with different numbers of neutrons. These are called isotopes.
What do all atoms have the same number of?
Atoms contain equal numbers of protons and electrons until they are ionized into a charged species or "ion."
What does isotopes?
All atoms of an element contain the same number of electrons and protons but they can have different numbers of neutrons. Atoms with different numbers of neutrons are isotopes.
What does atoms contain?
Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons.
What are the differences and the similarities on ions and atoms?
Atoms are neutral particles containing equal numbers of protons and electrons, while ions have gained or lost electrons, causing them to be positively or negatively charged. Both ions and atoms contain protons, neutrons, and electrons, but ions have an unequal number of protons and electrons, leading to their charge.
All atoms of sodium must contain what?
All atoms of sodium must contain 11 protons in their nucleus.
Does Neutral potassium atoms contain more protons than electrons?
No, any neutral atom contains the same number of protons as electrons. Protons have a positive charge, and electrons have a negative charge, so in order to be neutral, the numbers of protons and electrons have to be equal.
What is true about all anions?
Atoms are not anions. An atom is an electrically neutral particle with equal numbers of protons and electrons. An atom becomes an anion by gaining more electrons, so becoming negatively charged.
How do the numbers of protons neutrons and electrons for an element compare?
In the neutral state, all atoms of the same element contain equal numbers of protons and electrons. However, most elements have atoms with different numbers of neutrons. These are called isotopes.
Is there a positive charge in atoms with equal numbers?
Atoms have positive protons in the nucleus with an equal number of negative electrons around the outside the nucleus. No there is no charge on an atom with equal numbers of protons and electrons.
Do atoms include molecules electrons elements and protons?
No. Atoms contain protons, neutrons and electrons. An element is a substance consiting of atoms with the same number of protons. A molecule is a particle consisting of two or more atoms covalently bonded to one another.
What are three types of particles in a molecules?
Atoms contain neutrons, protons and electrons. Molecules are made of atoms.
What are the three subatomic particles of a molecule?
The three subatomic particles of a molecule are protons, neutrons, and electrons. Protons carry a positive charge, neutrons are neutral, and electrons carry a negative charge. Together, they make up the structure of an atom.
