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In a neutral atom, the number of protons is equal to the number of electrons.
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Why does the atom have no overall charge?
In an uncharged atom the number of protons is the same as the number of electrons. The charges on these particles is of the same magnitude but of opposite sign, the protons being positive and the electrons negative. The charges cancel or balance each other.
How many total number of particles present in one atom?
The answer depends on the atom! The total number of subatomic particles in an atom of an isotope is the sum of the mass number and the atomic number of the isotope; the mass number counts the protons and neutrons together, and the atomic number recounts the number of protons, which in a neutral atom must be the same as the number of protons.
What is the atomic number of an atom with 16 protons?
16 The atomic number of an element is always the same as the number of protons in an atom of the element.
An atom has the same number of which two particles?
A neutral (uncharged) atom has the same number of protons and electrons. Isotopes of an element may have several stable isotopes with various numbers of neutrons.
Why must the number of protons always stay the same in an atom?
if the number of protons changed, the atom would become a different element
Why is an atom electically neutral?
A neutral atom has the same number of protons (positive particles) and electrons (negatrive particles).
What are the same number of these two particles in an atom?
Protons and electrons.
Why does the atom have no overall charge?
In an uncharged atom the number of protons is the same as the number of electrons. The charges on these particles is of the same magnitude but of opposite sign, the protons being positive and the electrons negative. The charges cancel or balance each other.
In terms of its particles which is an atom considered neutral?
A neutral atom has the same number of protons and electrons.
Why Is the number of protons and electrons in a normal atom the same?
They are not always the same. It helps the atom be balanced.
An atom has the same number of which 2 particles?
Protons and electrons, given the number of protons and neutrons can vary!
Do carbon and oxygen have the same atomic mass?
They don't contain the same number of particles because some particles are more dense than others making one atom and another atom the same mass but not have the same number of particles.
How many total number of particles present in one atom?
The answer depends on the atom! The total number of subatomic particles in an atom of an isotope is the sum of the mass number and the atomic number of the isotope; the mass number counts the protons and neutrons together, and the atomic number recounts the number of protons, which in a neutral atom must be the same as the number of protons.
Are the number of protons and electrons in helium atom the same or different?
They are always the same
What aspect of an atom's subatomic particles defines which element it is?
The number of protons determines the element, and is the same as its atomic number.
Why an atom has the same number of which to particles?
An atom has the same number of protons and electrons in order to maintain a neutral charge value for the atom. Otherwise it would attract or release electrons in order to achieve a neutral charge value.
How is are element and an atom different?
An atom is an individual particle made of protons(positively charged particles), electrons(negatively charged particles) and neutrons(particles with no charge). The type of atom depends on the number of protons in the nucleus(the centre of the atom). An element is all atoms of the same type.
