litium ATOM will be nuetral, a lithimum ION will be 1+
A lithium atom contains three protons, three electrons, and usually four neutrons in its nucleus. The electrons occupy energy levels around the nucleus in a specific configuration.
I've edited the question so it makes any sort of sense. The answer would be 4 electrons. You need an equal number of electrons and protons to be neutral. Neutral just means neither positive or negative. Electrons are -1 and protons are +1. The only way to not be particularly one or the other is to have them both in equal amounts.
Beryllium has 4 protons, 5 neutrons, and 4 electrons
Adding one proton to a lithium atom would result in the formation of a beryllium atom. Beryllium has 4 protons, 4 neutrons, and 4 electrons.
Lithium
Lithium has 3 protons, 4 neutrons, and 3 electrons.
6Li has 3 protons, neutrons and electrons. 7Li has 3 protons, 4 neutrons and 3 electrons.
Lithium has three protons and three electrons. The number of electrons always equals the number of protons. Lithium has two isotopes, one with three neutrons and one with four neutrons.
The most frequent isotope of lithium has 4 neutrons.
An atom of lithium isotope 6Li has 3 electrons and 3 protons and 3 neutrons.
All lithium atoms will have the same number of protons (3) but can have different numbers of neutrons, resulting in different isotopes of lithium. Electrons are the same for a neutral lithium atom (3 electrons), but ions of lithium can have a different number of electrons.
The atomic number of Lithium is 3. That means there are 3 protons and 3 electrons.
Lithium has: 4 neutrons 3 electrons and 3 protons --------------------------------------- There are two naturally occuring and stable isotopes of Lithium (Li): 6Li (which constitutes about 4% of natural deposits) and, 7Li (which constitutes about 96% of natural deposits). Both isotopes have 3 protons and 3 electrons. 6Li has 3 neutrons and 7Li has 4. The top answer is probably the one you are looking for.
The only element with three protons is lithium.The isotope lithium-6, has 3 neutrons and is the rarer of the two stable isotopes of lithium.Most lithium is isotope lithium-7, containing 3 protons, 3 electrons, and 4 neutrons. It makes up about 92.5 percent of the lithium found on Earth.
A neutral lithium atom has 3 electrons, the same as the number of protons, which is the atomic number of lithium. There is no lithium ion with a charge of 7+. If you mean lithium with a mass number of 7, the number of protons is 3 and the number of neutrons is 4.
Lithium.
For a standard atom, the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons is the same. For example: 2 Protons - 2 Neutrons - 2 Electrons Helium 3 Protons - 3 Neutrons - 3 Electrons Lithium 4 Protons - 4 Neutrons - 4 Electrons Beryllium So... 53 Protons - 53 Neutrons - 53 Electrons Iodine