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What are the different parts of an atom and what kind of charge does each part have?
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Atoms are made of three main particles: protons, neutrons and electrons. Electrons have negative charge, are very small (even for subatomic particles) and orbit the center of the atom, which contains the protons and neutrons. Protons have positive charge, and are held by strong nuclear force to the neutrons, which are neutral (no charge).
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A positively charged part of an atom?
Proton. The three parts of an atom are the Proton (positively charged) Neutron (no charge) and electron (negatively charged). The Protons and Neutrons make up the center or nucleus, and the electrons are in a cloud outside the nucleus.
What are the charges of each part of an atom?
The nucleus of the atom has a positive charge because the protons that found in the nucleus are positive and the neutrons have no charge. The electrons on the electron cloud have a negative charge. This means the entire atom has a neutral charge to it. The atom always has the same number of protons and electrons, which means they cancel their charges out.
What is a charge in an atom?
An atom can either have a positive or negative charge, and a charged atom is called an ion. If an atom loses an electron to another atom, it becomes a positive ion. If an atom gains an electron, it becomes a negative ion.
Explain why the electrical charge on an atom is zero or neutral?
since an electron is a negatively charged particle and a proton is a positively charged particle the positive and negative charges will cancel each other so the electrical charge on atom is zero.
What do the dots represent and what does the number of dot tell us about each atom?
There are three kinds of "dots" in a atom. Electrons, neutrons, protons. Electrons have a negative charge, neutrons have no charge, and protons have a positive charge. The numbers of dots represent what kind of atom it is, as on the periodic table of the elements. The atomic number and mass tells you how many electrons/neutrons/or protons there are.
What does protons electrons neutrons mean?
Electrons, protons, and neutrons are different parts of an atom. The proton is positive and the electron is negative while the neutron is of both equally. Depending on the number of each is in an atom, is the type of atom you have.
Why does a free atom have no electrical charge?
A free atom has no electrical charge because it has an equal number of protons and electrons. Each proton has a single positive charge, and each electron has a single negative charge. These balance each other and the result is a net neutral atom (or no net charge).
How many electrons do protons have?
There are the same number of protons as electrons in each atom unless the atom does not have a neutral charge, if it has a negative charge it has that more electrons, and if it has a positive charge it has that much more protons hope this helps
Each element has a different number of protons and electrons so each has a different?
Each element only has one type of atom. Each atom has the same number of protons and electrons because they are balanced unless it becomes an ion and there's unequal amount of protons and electrons. when there's a greater number of protons the charge of the atom is positive but when there's a greater number of electrons the charge is negative. I think they're known as cations and anions. so if an atom is missing or has an extra electron it will take, give or bond to another atom or with another atom.
What is the charge on an atom that has gained 5 electrons?
Each electron has a 1- charge, so an atom that has gained 5 electrons has a charge of 5-.
Does an atom have a charge?
It depends on the atom. An atom is made of 3 subatomic particles- a negatively charged electron, a positively charged proton, and a neutral neutron. If the number of electrons and the number of protons are different, then the atom has a net charge. If the number of electrons and the number of protons are the same, then the atom is said to be neutrally charged. Changing the number of neutrons affects the mass and therefore important traits of each atom, but does not affect its charge. Atoms that have a net charge are called 'ions.'
What determaines the charge of an atom?
the number of protons and electrons. each proton carries one + charge and each electron a -
What is the charge on each of the particles in an atom and where are they located?
their charge is very fast. and they are located in your mom.
An atom is electrically nuetral if?
It has the same number of protons (+ive charge) as it does electrons (- ive charge). If it does then the charges cancel each other out, making a neutral atom. If there is a charge then this is not an atom this is an ion. Hope this helped.
What is the charge on each subatomic particle?
For the atom: Neutron: Charge: neutral Electron: Charge: negative Proton: Charge: positive
How can a atom have a neutral?
If an atom contains the same number of protons (positive) as electrons (negative), then to an outside observer, the atom has a neutral charge because the protons's charge and the electron's charge balance each other out exactly.
What and where is the charge in an atom?
Protons in the nucleus each have a positive charge, and electrons, surrounding the nucleus in the electron cloud, have a negative charge.
