Beacause atoms contain 3 types of sub atomic particle- protons,neutrons and electrons.
The protons and neutrons are in the neuclius and the electrons are around the outside.
The protons are positivly charged. The neutrons neutral and the electrons negativly charged.
So, the protons and electrons charges cacell each other out. So the atom has no charge overall.
Atoms are electrically neutral because they have an equal number of protons, which are positively charged, and electrons, which are negatively charged. This balance of positive and negative charges cancels each other out, resulting in an overall neutral charge for the atom.
An electrically neutral particle composed of two or more atoms chemically combined is called a molecule.
When an atom's electrical charges are balanced, the atom is electrically neutral. This means it has an equal number of protons (positively charged) and electrons (negatively charged).
A neutral chlorine atom has 17 electrons. You can know this because chlorine's atomic number is 17, which is the number of protons in the nuclei of its atoms, and a neutral atom has equal numbers of electrons and protons.
Atoms are built form 3 types of particles Electrons (which are electrically negative) Neutrons (which are electrically neutral) Protons (which are electrically positive) Nature likes things to be balanced so when atoms are put together, nature makes sure that the number of Electron the atom has is matched by the number of Protons. This makes all atoms electrically neutral. However, when atoms react with each other chemically, they can share or swap electrons with each other which means that they are no longer electrically neutral (in this state they are called "ions"). Nature therefore requires that the stuff they have made (called a compound) when joining together is, overall electrically neutral and bonds them together so that this is achieved. This is why chemical compounds exist and are stable.
because it normally does not have a electric charge If an atom has equal numbers of protons and electrons, it is electrically neutral.
All atoms are electrically neutral, because they have the same number of protons and electrons.
All atoms are electrically neutral. If an atom gains or loses an electron, we call it an "ion" rather than an atom.
Only electrically neutral atoms.
Atoms are electrically neutral because they have an equal number of protons, which are positively charged, and electrons, which are negatively charged. This balance of positive and negative charges cancels each other out, resulting in an overall neutral charge for the atom.
An electrically neutral particle composed of two or more atoms chemically combined is called a molecule.
Normally the number of protons and electrons are equal.
Atoms are electrically neutral. Charged species are known as ions.
Atoms are electrically neutral because they have an equal number of positively charged protons in the nucleus and negatively charged electrons surrounding the nucleus. The positive and negative charges balance each other out, resulting in an overall neutral charge for the atom.
an electrically neutral atom is just an atom. Atoms with more or fewer electrons (negatively charged) compared with their protons (which determines the element) are considered ions.
the protons and electrons balance each other out
Such unit is molecule.