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Protons are positive and the electrons are negative. Neutrons are neutral. Now we have the basis of the atomic particle charges. The atomic number is equal to the number of protons which is equal to the number of electrons. So if there are five positive particles and five negative ones, they balance each other out. With the acceptation of ions but that would take too long for me to type!

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What two subatomic particles are located at the nucleus of an atom?

Protons which possess a positive charge and neutrons which possess no electric charge are subatomic particles within the nuclei of atoms.


Does an atom have charge?

Yes, an atom can have charge. Atoms consist of protons, which have a positive charge, neutrons, which have no charge, and electrons, which have a negative charge. The overall charge of an atom depends on the balance of these particles.


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.


An atom differs in electric charge from what?

An atom differs in electric charge from ions because atoms are electrically neutral, containing equal numbers of protons and electrons. Ions are charged particles resulting from atoms that have gained or lost electrons, creating an imbalance in the number of protons and electrons.


What particle builds an electric charge when it is transferred from one object to another?

Electrons, they actually have an electric charge (like protons, but not neutrons), plus they are lighter and spin around the nucleus in the outer shell. This makes it easier to transfer to other atoms.

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Why do atom have no electric charge even though most of their particles have charge?

Non ionic atoms have no electric charge, even though most of their particles have charge, because the positive particles (protons) balance the negative particles (electrons).


Why do atom have no electric charge even though most of their particles have charges?

Non ionic atoms have no electric charge, even though most of their particles have charge, because the positive particles (protons) balance the negative particles (electrons).


Which particles in atoms have a electric charge?

electrons


Why do atoms have no electric charge even though most Of their particle have charges?

The negative particles (electrons) are balanced by the positive particles (protons).


What particles in atoms have a negative electric charge?

Electrons.


Why do atoms have no electric charge even though most of the particles inside the atoms have charges?

Because the positive charge of the protons in the nucleus is exactly canceled by the negative charge of the electrons in the orbitals around it.


What do we call the neutral part of atoms?

Particles in an atoms nucleus which do not have electric charge are Neutrons.


How do particles of in atoms differ in electric charge?

Protons have a positive charge. Electrons have a negative charge. Neutrons possess no charge.


Is elctric charge a property of just electricity or is charge property of all atoms?

Charge is a property of subatomic particles like protons and electrons, which are present in all atoms. All atoms contain some combination of positively charged protons in the nucleus and negatively charged electrons orbiting the nucleus. This gives atoms an overall neutral charge, but they do have individual charges on their component particles.


Do atoms always have an electric charge?

It depends on what type of particles it has and if it was joined in an ionic bond.


Are atoms the carry an electric charge?

Atoms have NO electric charge, only ions have (+ or -)


Which particles in atoms have a positive charge?

Protons have a positive charge in atoms.