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An atom with more electrons than protons is usually found in a chemical bond. They are called "anions", or negatively charged ions. (An ion is any atom that is either positively charged or negatively charged.) They are negatively charged because electrons are negatively charged.
Anions are usually to always found in chemical bonds because all (stable, at least) elements are neutral, or have no charge. Why are they ever found in chemical bonds, you ask? Well, think about the Noble Gases, the group all the way on the right of the Periodic Table. The Noble Gases are completely inert, or they almost never react with anything. That all has to do with the amount of electrons they have. Essentially, all elements want to be like the Noble Gases. They share or lend electrons to other elements. To be more specific, metals give electrons and nonmetals receive electrons in chemical bonding. So, nonmetals receive more electrons than normal and they become like the Noble Gases, and that gives them a negative charge.
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Which contributes more to an atom's mass electrons or protons?
The proton contributes more even though there are equal numbers of both electrons and protons. The mass of a proton is one thousand times greater than the mass of an electron. Thus, the proton contributes more.
Are atoms electrically charged particles?
An electron is a sub-atomic particle, not an atom. But it is electrically charged (it has a charge of minus one). The simplest atom, the hydrogen one isotope, has just one proton and one electron. An electron is a part of an atom. Every atom is composed of protons and electrons. Usually there are also neutrons. Protons are positively charged +1 and electrons are charged -1. Neutrons are neutral. When the number of protons and electrons are equal the atom is neutral. When an atom has an unequal number of protons and electrons it is charged either - or +. More electrons make it - and more protons make it +. In both cases the atom is called an ion.
What is an uneven distribution of charged in an atom?
Proton: positive charged Electron: negative charged Neutron: neutral
What two particles are in the nucleus?
(The constituent particles of an atom are the electron, the proton and the neutron; all three are fermions. However, the hydrogen-1 atom has no neutrons and the hydron ion has no electrons.) WIkipedia
Make up of an atom?
An atom is made up of three parts. The protons, neutrons, and electrons. The protons and neutrons are located in the center of the atom called the nucleus. The electrons float around the atom in what is called orbitals.
What kind of charge wold an atom have if it had more protons than electrons?
positive
Is the number of protons the positive charge of an atom?
The charge of an atom depends on the electrons compared to protons. Electrons being negatively charged, protons being positive. If there are more protons, the atom is positive, and if there are more electrons, the atom is negative.
When an atom has more electrons than protons it is?
An atom with more protons than electrons is a cation.
Atom that has equal number of protons and electrons?
That is called a neutral atom, because it has no electric charge. If the atom has an electric charge (i.e., it has more protons than electrons, or more electrons than protons), it is called an ion.That is called a neutral atom, because it has no electric charge. If the atom has an electric charge (i.e., it has more protons than electrons, or more electrons than protons), it is called an ion.That is called a neutral atom, because it has no electric charge. If the atom has an electric charge (i.e., it has more protons than electrons, or more electrons than protons), it is called an ion.That is called a neutral atom, because it has no electric charge. If the atom has an electric charge (i.e., it has more protons than electrons, or more electrons than protons), it is called an ion.
What effect does the charge of the atom have on the number of protons?
The number of protons compared to electrons is what determines the charge of the atom. If there are more protons than electrons the atom is positively charged. If there's more electrons than protons the atom is negatively charged. Does this answer your question?
When an atom has more electrons that protons it is?
An anion is an ion with more electrons than protons.
If the number of electrons and protons are not the same what do you call this?
When the number of electrons and protons are not the same in an atom, it becomes an ion. An atom becomes positively charged if it loses electrons (more protons than electrons), and negatively charged if it gains electrons (more electrons than protons).
Does an atom have more positive charges than negative charges?
No , an atom always has equal numbers of protons and electrons. If it has more charges of one kind than another is called an ion. Obviously this is caused by the number of protons and electrons compared to each other. If it has more positive charges, it has more protons than electrons, making it a positive ion. If it is a negative charge, it has more electrons than protons, it is a negative ion.
Does most atoms have more protons than electrons?
no a neutral atom does not have more protons than it does atoms. if it really were neutral it would have the equal amount of electrons and protons. if an atom had more protons than neutrons, it would be a positive atom and vice versa. so to answer this question. NO A NEUTRAL ATOM DOES NOT HAVE MORE PROTONS THAN NEUTRONS.
What is the atom with the most electrons than protons is called?
If you mean an atom with more electrons than protons it is called an ion. More specifically an anion (negatively charged)
What does it mean if an atom is positively charged?
If an atom is positively charged, it has lost one or more electrons and has more protons than electrons. This results in an overall positive charge due to the unbalanced positive charges from the protons.
When is an atom called ion?
An ion is a electrically charged atom (negative ion) has more electrons that protons and positive ion has more protons that electrons)
