Atoms are made up of electrons, protons and neutrons. Protons have a positive charge, electrons have a negative charge, and neut

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Atoms are made up of electrons, protons and neutrons. Protons have a positive charge, electrons have a negative charge, and neut

rons have no charge. The oxygen atom has 8 electrons and 8 neutrons. How many protons must it have to have 0 charge?

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Oksanka [162] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-26T06:22:18+03:00

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Protons and neutrons each count for one AMU, and the electron counts for zero AMU. So, if the atomic mass of oxygen is 16, that means we have a total of 16 protons and neutrons. 16 total protons and neutrons minus 8 protons leaves us with 8 neutrons.