A positively charged atom has lost electrons, resulting in more protons than electrons. A negatively charged atom has gained electrons, resulting in more electrons than protons. This charge difference occurs when atoms interact with other atoms, gaining or losing electrons to achieve a more stable electron configuration through the formation of ions.
When atoms are at rest, they have an equal number of electrons and protons, giving them a neutral charge.
When the number of electrons and protons are not the same in an atom, it becomes an ion. An atom becomes positively charged if it loses electrons (more protons than electrons), and negatively charged if it gains electrons (more electrons than protons).
Subatomic particles in an atom are located in the nucleus (protons and neutrons) and in the electron cloud (electrons). Protons and neutrons are tightly packed in the nucleus at the center of the atom, while electrons move rapidly in a cloud-like region surrounding the nucleus in specific energy levels.
Uranium typically contains 92 protons and 92 electrons.
Phosphorus has 15 protons and 15 electrons.
Protons and electrons behave similarly in isotopes of an atom because they both carry a fundamental electrical charge and interact with the atom's nucleus through electromagnetic forces. Although protons and electrons have different masses and are located in different parts of the atom, their interactions with the nucleus are governed by the same physical principles. This leads to similar behaviors of protons and electrons in isotopes of an atom.
Carbon and oxygen atoms are different because they have different numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Carbon has 6 protons while oxygen has 8 protons, leading to differences in their chemical properties and how they interact with other atoms. Additionally, the arrangement of electrons in their outer shells is different, giving them unique characteristics and reactivity.
Electrons hold a negative charge while neutrons are neutral and protons are positive. Electrons are leptons having no internal structure (leptons are generally believed to be point particles, having zero volume), protons and neutrons are baryons composed of three quarks (leptons) with a measurable volume.
Protons do not contain electrons. Protons are positively charged, electrons negatively charged.
35 protons, 36 electrons
6 electrons and 6 protons
Boron has 5 protons and 5 electrons.
Actually, protons are in shells. They follow a similar behavior as do electrons, except that due to their much greater mass, they don;t move around as much as electrons do from their kinetic energy. That, and the fact that protons interact via the extremely short-ranged force called the strong nuclear force, while electrons don't, keep them clumped close together in the nucleus.
# of protons = # of electrons # of protons/ electrons + # of neutrons = atomic mass
Protons and electrons cannot be disintegrated.
Indium has 49 protons and electrons.