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The number of missing or extra electrons within an atom's outer shell?
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Are the number of electrons different from every atom of every element?
Each element has a different number of electrons. All atoms of that element have the same number of electrons. The number of electrons is the same as the number of protons.
How are elements described in terms of the atoms?
Each chemical element has atoms with a specific number of protons, different from the atoms of other elements.
Atoms have no electric charge because they?
They have an equal numbers of electrons and protons...MoMMy =)
Bohr suggested that the energy of electrons in atoms is?
Quantized. (Number 4 if you are using what I think you are using.)
5 What causes an atom to become positively or negatively charged?
Atoms become positively charged when they have a deficit of electrons. Similarly, they become negatively charged when they have a surplus of electrons. Neutral charge, the non-ionized state, is when the number of electrons is the same as the number of protons.
In a normal atom how many electrons are there compared to protons?
In a "normal" atom, the number of electrons equal the number of protons. Many atoms, however, have missing or extra electrons, giving these atoms positive or negative charges, which we call ions.
How are atoms that are neutral in charge?
Atoms that are neutral in charge have the same quantity of protons and electrons. Negative ions have extra electrons, and positive ions are missing electrons.
How many atoms does electrons have?
Atoms have 1 to 118 electrons. For a neutral atom the number of electrons is equal to the number of protons (atomic number).
What is the number of electrons in atoms?
29 electrons
Atoms in the same group on the periodic table have what?
Atoms in the same group (in the same vertical column) of the periodic table have the same number of electrons in their outer shell. A neutral atom has the same number of electrons as it has protons. The number of protons is given by it's atomic number. The electrons are considered to be arranged in "shells." The outermost shell can have from 1 to 8 electrons. The effect of being in the same group is that the atoms within a group have similar reactions.
What do atoms forming ionic and covalent bonds have in common?
The proton number within the nucleus remains the same.
What charge atoms always have?
All atoms are neutral because the positive and negative charges within the atom are equal. The number of protons (+) and the number of electrons (-) are the same. Ions are atoms with a positive or negative charge. A cation is a positively charged atom with less electrons than protons. An anion is a negatively charged atom with more electrons than protons.
What do atoms missing electrons become?
An atom that loses one or more electrons becomes a positively charged ion.
Arrange atoms from smallest to largest?
An atoms size is relative to the number of electrons an atom contains. Atoms with the least number of electrons are the smallest atoms. When atoms have the same number of electrons, the atom with the most protons will have the largest nuclear charge, and therefore be the smallest atom.
The ability of atoms to combine with other atoms is determined by?
The number of electrons of both atoms and its valence number.
Is most atoms have more electrons than proton?
No. Atoms have the same number of protons and electrons. When atoms gain or lose electrons they are called ions.
How many electrons that each atom have?
each of atoms have electrons that equql to atomic number of that of atoms
