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3 years ago

An atom of gold (Au) has 79 electrons. How many protons must it have if it has a net charge of 0?

Chemistry

2 answers:

Varvara68 [4.7K]3 years ago

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In order to balance out the Electrons, and give it a net charge of 0, you would need 79 Protons.

RoseWind [281]3 years ago

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Explanation:

It is known that for a neutral atom the number of protons present in that atom is equal to the number of electrons present in it.

Also, atomic number means the sum of total number of protons present in an atom.

For example, when a gold atom has net charge 0 then it means it is neutral in nature.

Also, it contains 79 electrons. This also means it contains 79 protons.

Thus, we can conclude that an atom of gold (Au) which has 79 electrons will also contain 79 protons.

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