3 years ago

Explain why an atom does not have a charge.

2 answers:

6 0

Answer: An atom does not have a charge because, protons have a +1 charge and electrons have a -1 charge. The number of protons is equals the number of electrons so the charges balance out to a neutral charge leaving the atom to not have an overall charge.

Explanation:

pantera1 [17]3 years ago

5 0

An atom has always an equal number of protons and electrons. This is because the positive particles equal out the negative particles and their charge

You might be interested in

A common neutralization reaction, that is used in titrations, involves sodium hydroxide, NaOH, reacting with nitric acid, HNO3.

sertanlavr [38]

The common neutralization reaction that involve NaOH reacting with HNO3 produces

NaNO3 and H2O

The equation for reaction is as folows
NaOH + HNO3 = NaNO3 + H2O
that is 1 mole of NaOH reacted with 1 mole of HNO3 to form 1 mole of NaNO3 and 1 mole of H2O

4 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

A cation with a +4 charge has 26 neutrons and 18 electrons. What is the identity of the element?

Leya [2.2K]

Answer: Titanium has 22 protons

Explanation: If an atoms donates 4 electrons, it forms cation with charge +4. So original atom have 22 electrons and because atom is neutral, it has 22 protons. Number of neutrons does not matter, there are more neutrons than protons in heavier atoms.

3 0

2 years ago

Convert: 950 g to kg

scZoUnD [109]

Answer:your answer is 0.95

Explanation:

Because you put the number down if it is in the hundreds then put into a decimal that it is in the hundredths:)

4 0

3 years ago

A sample of metal is heated until it melts and begins to glow red. When it cools, it appears the same color as it did before it

frosja888 [35]

Answer:

Explanation:

trueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

8 0

3 years ago

Is density a physical property that can be used to identify matter

Ganezh [65]

Yes. density is a physical property that can be used to identify matter

5 0

3 years ago