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What kinds of charges can ions have?
Ions can have either a positive or a negative charge.
Are Photons positive or negative?
No, they aren't. Photons are the gauge particles of the electromagnetic force, but they themselves carry no electric charge (or magnetic charge either, for that matter). A photon has no electrostatic charge.
Do ions have a positive or negative charge?
Ions can have either a positive or negative charge. Positive ions, known as cations, have more protons than electrons, resulting in a net positive charge. Negative ions, known as anions, have more electrons than protons, giving them a net negative charge.
Can ion have a positive and negative charge?
An ion is either a positive charged or a negative charged atom. Negative ions have one or more extra electrons, and positive ones have one or more electrons not there.
What is the difference between a proton an an electron?
Protons and Electrons are actually quite different. Protons have a positive electric charge, while electrons have a negative electric charge. Atoms usually have the same number of protons and electrons, which means they balance each other out giving a neutral electric charge. If there are more of either protons or electrons, the atom will have an overall charge. (Negative or Positive). Protons are also located in the nucleus with the neutrons, while electrons are located in the outer shells surrounding the nucleus.
What is an electric monopole?
An electric monopole is a hypothetical concept in physics where there is a single isolated electric charge without an opposite charge nearby. In reality, such monopoles have not been observed as every electric charge is either positive or negative and exists in pairs.
When determining an electric field must a positive test charge be used or would a negative one do as well?
Either a positive or a negative test charge can be used to determine an electric field. The direction of the electric field will be defined by the force experienced by the test charge, with the positive test charge moving in the direction of the field and the negative test charge moving opposite to the field.
An atom with an electric charge?
An atom with an electric charge is termed an ion. Ions can have either a positive (cation) or negative (anion) charge. Common examples include Cl-, Na+, Mg2+ and O2-
What is a build up of electric charge?
A buildup of electric charge occurs when there is an excess of electrons (negatively charged particles) on an object. This can happen when electrons are transferred from one object to another through friction or contact, resulting in a net negative or positive charge on the object.
What is charge of an ion?
either negative or positive charge always
What is mean polar?
What is meant by polarity? Answer An electric charge has a polarity of either positive or negative. Also a voltage has a polarity, in that it could be positive or negative, with respect to some other voltage, such as the one at the other end of a battery or electric circuit.
What kinds of charges can ions have?
Ions can have either a positive or a negative charge.
Does a metal have a negative ion or a positive ion?
It could be either. Once a metal produces an ion (an atom with electric charge) it could be positive or negative, depending on number of electrons lost or gained.
Which of these has a neutral charge a proton molecule electron or ion?
proton: positive chargemolecule: no charge, neutralelectron: negative chargeion: can be either positively or negatively charged
What type of charge is produced when an electric field separated positive and negative charges?
In a way, you have answered your own question! All objects that have an electric charge at all have a charge which is either positive or negative. In either case, the charge can be large or small. The charge of the object has a particular value corresponding to a positive number for positive charges and a negative number for negative charges. Objects with no charge, or neutral objects, can be thought of as having an electric charge of zero. So it is easiest to think of the charge of an object as a number of charge units, where that number can be positive, negative or zero. So let's ask a slightly different version of your question: I've heard of positive and negative charges separating in an electric field. What is an example of this happening? Here is an example: A neutral atom of gas, like argon, is sitting in an electric field, and one of its electrons gets knocked off by a charged particle which comes flying by very close to it. The flying charged particle continues on, leaving the knocked off electron behind in the electric field. Now, the argon atom has been separated into two pieces: an argon ion with positive charge, +1 unit, and the knocked-off electron with negative charge, -1 unit. These two oppositely charged objects will separate further in the electric field if that field is strong enough. In fact, several of the particle detectors at Jefferson Lab work via this exact physical process.
Are Photons positive or negative?
No, they aren't. Photons are the gauge particles of the electromagnetic force, but they themselves carry no electric charge (or magnetic charge either, for that matter). A photon has no electrostatic charge.
What causes electrically charged objects either to attract or repl one another?
Electrically charged objects either attract or repel each other based on their charge. Oppositely charged objects attract each other (positive and negative), while objects with the same charge repel each other (positive and positive, or negative and negative) due to the interaction of electric fields.
