Electrons.
Electrons carry a negative charge so when one is removed from the atom the atom gains a net positive charge.
A neutral atom must contain an equal number of electrons because it is a neutral atom.
For an atom to be neutral, it must have the same number of protons and electrons. This is because protons have a positive charge, while electrons have a negative charge, and having equal numbers of each cancels out their charges, resulting in a neutral atom.
Because Electrons have a negative charge (e-) and Protons have a positive charge (p+), so to create a balanced atom you must have the same number of e- as p+
A neutron has no electrical charge and is found in the nucleus of an atom.Alternate wording to an inexact question:If you are referring to the nucleus of an atom, there must always be at least one proton. So there has to always be a positive charge. The other component, the neutron, has no charge. The electrons orbiting the nucleus have the negative charge. So if no electrical charge is found in the nucleus, it is not an atom and therefore not a nucleus.
A neutral atom with four electrons must contain four protons in the nucleus in order to maintain an overall neutral charge.
The number of protons must equal the number of electrons in an atom for it to have no charge. Protons are positively charged particles, and electrons are negatively charged particles. A balanced number of protons and electrons results in an atom with a neutral overall charge.
The overall charge. Therefore, there must be the same number of protons as there are electrons, unless the atom is an ion.
An atom must have the same number of electrons and protons to have a neutral charge.
A neutral atom must contain an equal number of electrons because it is a neutral atom.
I think that for an atom to have a neutral charge, it must have the same amount of protons and neutrons. Otherwise its a ion. Check it up on Google just to be sure. Hope I could help :)
The atom must have 8 electrons to make it have a neutral charge
Rutherford's alpha scattering experiment showed that the charge on the nucleus of the atom must be positive because the alpha particles were deflected by the concentrated positive charge in the nucleus.
In simple terms, an atom is made up of Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons. Protons have positive charge (+1), Neutrons have no charge (0), and Electrons have negative charge (-1). If an atom gains or loses Electrons, it's net charge changes. To result in a negative charge, the atom must have more Electrons than Protons.
If this atom has 43 electron it must have 43 protons to be a neutral atom of no charge.
For an atom to be neutral, it must have the same number of protons and electrons. This is because protons have a positive charge, while electrons have a negative charge, and having equal numbers of each cancels out their charges, resulting in a neutral atom.
an atom with a neutral charge must have the same number of protons as electrons. (think of a proton as having a +1 charge and an electron having a -1 charge. in order for the atom to be neutral, the positive charges must balance with the negative charges) If the atom has 1 proton and 2 electrons, then the overall charge is -1
A neutral atom with 22 protons would have 22 electrons. In a neutral atom, the number of protons (positive charge) is equal to the number of electrons (negative charge) to balance the overall charge to zero.