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An atom with more electrons than protons has a Negative charge. This makes it not a atom but an Ion. A Negatively charged Ion is called a Anion (An-Ai-On) and a positive Ion is called a cation (Cat-ai-on).
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoAn atom with more electrons than protons is usually found in a chemical bond. They are called "anions", or negatively charged ions. (An ion is any atom that is either positively charged or negatively charged.) They are negatively charged because electrons are negatively charged.
Anions are usually to always found in chemical bonds because all (stable, at least) elements are neutral, or have no charge. Why are they ever found in chemical bonds, you ask? Well, think about the Noble Gases, the group all the way on the right of the Periodic Table. The Noble Gases are completely inert, or they almost never react with anything. That all has to do with the amount of electrons they have. Essentially, all elements want to be like the Noble Gases. They share or lend electrons to other elements. To be more specific, metals give electrons and nonmetals receive electrons in chemical bonding. So, nonmetals receive more electrons than normal and they become like the Noble Gases, and that gives them a negative charge.
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∙ 13y agoIt is a positively charged ion.
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What effect does the charge of the atom have on the number of protons?
The number of protons compared to electrons is what determines the charge of the atom. If there are more protons than electrons the atom is positively charged. If there's more electrons than protons the atom is negatively charged. Does this answer your question?
Does Anions have more protons than electrons?
anions have more electrons than protons
Why must a positively charged body have a deficiency of protons?
It doesn't. A positively charged body is deficient in electrons. In an uncharged object there are equal numbers of positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons. Removing electrons will leave more protons than electrons, so the object will be positively charged. Such an object is said to have a deficiency or electrons rather than a surplus of electrons because it is generally easier to remove electrons than it is to add protons. Electrons occupy the outer shells of an atom and have a much lower mass than protons. The protons, by contrast, are bound together in the dense nucleus.
Why are protons neutrons electrons called subatomic particles?
Because they are much smaller than an atom
How many electron ca2 plus?
Calcium has atomic number 20. A neutron calcium atom therefore has 20 protons and 20 electrons. Ca2+ has a charge of positive 2, so it must have 2 more protons than electrons. Ca2+ has 18 electrons.
When an atom has more electrons than protons it is?
An atom with more protons than electrons is a cation.
Atom that has equal number of protons and electrons?
That is called a neutral atom, because it has no electric charge. If the atom has an electric charge (i.e., it has more protons than electrons, or more electrons than protons), it is called an ion.That is called a neutral atom, because it has no electric charge. If the atom has an electric charge (i.e., it has more protons than electrons, or more electrons than protons), it is called an ion.That is called a neutral atom, because it has no electric charge. If the atom has an electric charge (i.e., it has more protons than electrons, or more electrons than protons), it is called an ion.That is called a neutral atom, because it has no electric charge. If the atom has an electric charge (i.e., it has more protons than electrons, or more electrons than protons), it is called an ion.
Are there the same amount of protons as there are of electrons in and atom?
NoYes. A neutral atom will have the same number of protons and electrons.
If an atom has lost more protons than electrons it is called a ion?
If the atom has more electrons than protons, then yes it is an ion.
When an atom has more electrons that protons it is?
An anion is an ion with more electrons than protons.
What effect does the charge of the atom have on the number of protons?
The number of protons compared to electrons is what determines the charge of the atom. If there are more protons than electrons the atom is positively charged. If there's more electrons than protons the atom is negatively charged. Does this answer your question?
What is the charge of an atom with one electron more than protons?
If the atom has more electrons than protons than the atom will be negative.
Does most atoms have more protons than electrons?
no a neutral atom does not have more protons than it does atoms. if it really were neutral it would have the equal amount of electrons and protons. if an atom had more protons than neutrons, it would be a positive atom and vice versa. so to answer this question. NO A NEUTRAL ATOM DOES NOT HAVE MORE PROTONS THAN NEUTRONS.
What does it mean when an atom has more protons then electrons?
When an atom has more protons than electrons it is called an ion. This is a positively charged particle because it has more protons than electrons, thus the positive charge takes over.
Do all atoms that are anions have more electrons than protons?
Atom that are anions have two more electrons than it has in protons.
What does it mean if an atom is positively charged?
The nucleus of an atom has both electrons and neutrons. An atom that has a positive charge means that the atom has fewer electrons than it has protons.
Is an atom with more protons than electrons an isotope?
No, it is not.
