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Valentin [98]
3 years ago
13

Many people believe that the atomic number of the atom is the number of electrons in the atom. Describe when this is the case

Physics
2 answers:
zepelin [54]3 years ago
5 0
<span> <span> <span> <span> When the atom is neutral and the number of electrons and the number of protons are equal. </span></span></span></span>
lesya [120]3 years ago
4 0

Answer: The  atomic number of the atom is the number of electrons in the atom only when the atom is neutral.

Explanation: For a neutral atom, the number of positive charges is equal to the number of negative charges and thus the atomic number is equal to the number of electrons or the number of protons.

But for a positive and a negative ion, the electrons are lost and gained respectively by that element and thus the number of electrons are not equal to the number of protons. Now atomic number is equal to the number of protons only. The number of electrons = number of protons - charge.

Example: For sodium Na , the atomic number is 11 and it has 11 electrons.

For sodium ion Na^+ , the atomic number is 11 but the number of electrons = (11-1) = 10.

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