Why proton is positively charged?

Answer 1

I am going to borrow heavily from the answer to "Why do electrons have a negative charge?" Protons have a positive charge because the charge is part of what the particle is made of. If it were possible to remove the positive charge from the proton we would then have a neutron.

Answer 2

Not all hydrogen ions have a positive charge. For example, hydride has a negative charge, of -1. In fact, hydrogen rarely ever has a positive charge, in terms of the number of compounds it forms and the charges they have.

Hydrogen ends up with a positive charge where the element it reacts with - hydrogen can only form one bond, due to the nuclear charge it has and the way physics - has a higher electronegativity than itself. for example, oxygen and chlorine have fairly higher ENs, so they will end up having the negative charge while hydrogen ends up with the positive.

Answer 3

To put it bluntly, the proton is positive because humans decided to call it positive. Physicists discovered three types of subatomic particles - those that were attracted to a negative charge, those that were attraced to a positive charge, and those that were attracted to neither. Since opposites attract, the ones attracted to the negative charge were called positive. Later experiments proved these positive charges to reside in the nucleus of atoms.

Answer 4

atoms have no charge, the number of electrons is equal to the number of protons, thereby giving the atom a net charge=0. ions are atoms with extra/less electrons, and they do have charge. for example, a calcium ion Ca++ is a cation (positive ion) with 20 protons and only 18 electrons. a Chlorine ion Cl- is an anion (negative ion) with 17 protons and 18 electrons.

Answer 5

this question proves there is a creator of heaven and earth. No one really knows.

Answer 6

They have a positive charge if they have more protons then electrons!