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An atom that has more neutrons than protons is called an Isotope.
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What is a normal atom?
Its a normal atom if it have same protons, neutrons, and electrons to the one of the periodic table. If it have more or less neutrons than normal then its an isotope. If it have more protons than electrons then its a positive ion. If it have more electrons than protons then its a negative ion. An ion its a charged atom, more or less electrons than " normal " Isotopes its an atoms with the same number of protons, but different number of neutrons.
Do neutral lithium atoms contain more neutrons than protons?
The atomic number of Li is 3. So it must have three protons within its nucleus. Now the number of neutrons could be the same, three, in the isotope lithium-6 (present 7.5% in nature) or more often four (present 92.5% in nature), in the isotope lithium-7. But the term neutral used by you may enquire about the number of electrons???? ----------------------------------------------------------- Neutral lithuium atoms don't necessarily have to contain more neutrons than protons. They can, but the number of neutrons does not affect an atom's charge. A neutral lithium atom must contain the same number of protons and electrons, but the number of neutrons can be more, the same, or less than the number of protons.
What is the number of e- p and n in a neutral atom of nitrogen?
No. of protons is 7. No. of neutrons is atomic weight -no. of protons. In neutral atom no. of protons equals the number of electrons which would be 7 in this case. Refer to periodic table for more information.
What happens when oxygen gains electrons?
The "atomic number" of an element is the number of protons in its atoms. The number of neutrons may be different, creating "isotopes" of the element. Altering the number of protons in an atom changes it to a different element. Since oxygen atoms contain 8 protons, losing one would create an atom of NITROGEN, containing 7 protons. Isotopes are listed by the "mass number", which is the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom. An atom of oxygen would normally be oxygen-16, with 8 protons and 8 neutrons. Losing one proton from this atom would create NITROGEN-15, a stable isotope of nitrogen with 7 protons and 8 neutrons.
How is a atom different from an ion?
atoms have neutral or no charge. ions have a charge whether positive or negative and have either more protons than neutrons and vice versa.An atom has an equal amount of Electrons and Protons, but an ion is a particle with an uneven amount of Protons and Electrons. A Cation, having more Protons than Electrons and an Anion, having more Electrons than Protons.
An atom with a nucleus that contains more neutrons than protons is called?
An anion
Protons and neutrons together are known as?
no there are different elements, and you can check a periodic table for more information.
What are the nucleus of most atoms consist of?
The nucleus of an atom is made up of two types of subatomic particles, protons and neutrons which together are sometimes called nucleons. These subatomic particles are in turn made up of smaller particles called quarks.
What happens when an atom as more protons and neutrons?
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What is contained inside the nucleus of an atom?
The nucleus of an atom contains sub atomic particles such as protons which are positively charged and neutrons which do not have a charge. Protons and neutrons are collectively termed as nucleons.
Within an atom protons and neutrons are found in the?
Protons are found in nucleus, as neutrons are also.
D Particles found in the nucleus of nucleus of atoms?
Protons and Neutrons are found in the Nucleus of the Atom. An atom's atomic number corresponds to the amount of protons (differnt amount of protons=different element). There are usually the same amount of Neutrons and Protons, but in some cases theere are more Neutrons (these are called different isotopes).
When an atom has an unbalanced ratio of protons and neutrons what will it try to do to stabalize itself?
There generally isn't a problem; the more protons an atom has, the more neutrons it takes to glue them together. A Helium atom has two protons and generally two neutrons; in every other stable atom, there are more neutrons than protons. There are isotopes of elements with fewer-than-normal numbers of neutrons; these isotopes are generally unstable and radioactive, and will generally decay into other elements.
What is in the core of every atom?
The nucleus of the atom contains the protons and neutrons. The number of protons, called the "atomic number", determines what kind of element this is. There are almost always more neutrons in the nucleus than protons, except for very light elements. For example, hydrogen has one proton and no neutrons, while helium contains two protons and two neutrons.
An atom that has more protons than neutrons they conain are?
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Do atoms have equal electrons and protons?
Not all atoms have an equal number of protons and neutrons. They can, but they don't have to. Helium, for example, has two of each, but carbon (always with 6 protons) can have 6, 7, or even 8 neutrons. The more neutrons, the more likely it is to be radioactive. The number of protons and neutrons gives the atomic weight of an atom. All of the various amounts of neutrons that an element can have are called isotopes of that element.
Which particles in an atom contribute most to mass of the atom?
The particles are protons, neutrons, and the nucleus inside of the atom Nice helping u >_<
