An atom of sodium has 11 protons, 11 electrons and (23-11=12)neutrons.
A neutron has a charge of 0. Therefore the number of nuetrons do not affect the charge of the atom.
A Proton carries the charge of +1. So 11 protons mean that the atom has a charge of +11.
An electron has a charge of -1, meaning that the atom would have a negative charge of -11.
When you add everything up,
0 + 11 + -11
= 0 + 11 -11
= 0 + 0
= 0
Therefore a sodium atom is neutral.
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∙ 15y agoA sodium atom might be neutral, but because sodium is so reactive, we just don't encounter sodium uncombined anywhere in nature. Table salt is sodium chloride, and the sodium atoms in this chemical compound are ions. Those atoms have loaned an electron to chlorine (which forms the chlorine ion). Sodium metal must be stored in a container full of something like kerosene, which is used to keep air (the moisture in air, actually) from reacting with the sodium metal.
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∙ 14y agoNo. The sodium atom has no charge but after donating an electron , it gains a positive charge and is called a sodium ion.
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∙ 13y agoThere are 11 electrons in a neutral atom of Sodium.
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∙ 7y agoSodium as an element is neutral, as are all chemical elements. However, in all of its compounds sodium becomes a positively charged ion.
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∙ 13y agoNo, the sodium ion is positive.
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∙ 13y agoPositive, Na+
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∙ 11y agoyes
there are 11 electron is a neutral atom of sodium
The neutral atom of sodium has 11 electrons.
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All neutral sodium atoms have 11 electrons, regardless of the isotope.
All neutral sodium atoms have 11 electrons, regardless of the isotope.
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The neutral atom of sodium has 11 electrons.
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The neutral atom of sodium has 11 electrons.
If a neutral atom of sodium has 11 protons, it will have 11 electrons also.
When the neutral atom of sodium lose an electron become the cation Na+.
A neutral atom of sodium has 11.
A sodium ion differs from a sodium atom in that the sodium ion has a missing electron electron. It has a positive charge, as opposed to the atom, which is neutral.
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All neutral sodium atoms have 11 electrons, regardless of the isotope.
All neutral sodium atoms have 11 electrons, regardless of the isotope.
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