They are the same.
The number of electrons should = the number of protons.
The number of protons in an atom is equal to its atomic number. In a neutral atom, the number of electrons is equal to that of protons. If the atom is negatively charged, add it to the number of electrons; and if positive, subtract.
A potassium atom has 19 protons and 19 electrons. This is because the number of protons in an atom is equal to its atomic number, which for potassium is 19. Electrons in a neutral atom are equal to the number of protons.
In any neutral atom, the number of protons = the number of electrons.
In a neutral atom the number of protons is equal to the number of electrons. And by definition the atomic number of an atom is equal to the number of protons in it. So the atomic number of a neutral atom is equal to the number of protons or the number of electrons in the atom.
They are the same.
The number of electrons should equal the number of protons, otherwise you have an ion.
The number of electrons should = the number of protons.
An atom of ruthenium contains 44 protons and 44 electrons. This is because the number of protons in an atom determines its identity, and for a neutral atom, the number of protons equals the number of electrons.
The number of protons in an atom is equal to its atomic number. In a neutral atom, the number of electrons is equal to that of protons. If the atom is negatively charged, add it to the number of electrons; and if positive, subtract.
A potassium atom has 19 protons and 19 electrons. This is because the number of protons in an atom is equal to its atomic number, which for potassium is 19. Electrons in a neutral atom are equal to the number of protons.
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.
An atom's atomic number IS the number of protons it has. The number of protons and electrons are equal to each other also. Illustrate and explain why?
The atomic number of an atom is the number of protons in the nucleus of that atom. The number of electrons will equal the number of protons in that atom if that atom is a neutral one. Other than that, we would have to know the atomic number (which is the number of protons that atom has), and the overall charge of the atom. With that information, we could discover how many electrons that atom had by simple mathematics. If an atom had 11 protons and a charge of +1, it would have one less electron than the number of protons, or 10 electrons. If an atom had 53 protons and a charge of -1, it would have 54 electrons. The ratio from atomic number to the number of protons in an atom is 1:1. The elements are categorized by the number of protons they have, as that is the difference between two elements. Conceptually, atomic number and proton number are the same.
In any neutral atom, the number of protons = the number of electrons.
An atom has the same number of electrons as it does protons, and the number of protons determines what element it is.
In a neutral atom the number of protons is equal to the number of electrons. And by definition the atomic number of an atom is equal to the number of protons in it. So the atomic number of a neutral atom is equal to the number of protons or the number of electrons in the atom.