Help!! Thank You!! Potassium has 19 protons. How many electrons does a neutral potassium atom have?

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A neutral atom... no matter what the element... has the same number of protons and electrons. In this case, 19 electrons are needed.

Alisiya [41]3 years ago

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19, because the number of protons and electrons are the same!

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