It's for General Microbiology
2006-09-06 13:26:34 · 5 answers · asked by Katrina 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I hope you don't want to be a doctor.
2006-09-06 13:33:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Protons have a positive charge, electrons have negative charge. Neutrons dont have charge.
If you have the same number of protons and electrons your atom is neutral. The balance is lost usually when for some reason you have more or less electrons. (To remove a proton from the nucleus would cause a chain reaction and that is the principle of the atomic bomb) If your atom has a negative charge because it has more electrons it is called ion. If the atom has a positive charge, because it has less electrons it is called anion.
2006-09-06 20:40:21 · answer #2 · answered by mfacio 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you have the same number of electrons and neutrons. a neutron has a negative charge and a electron has a positive charge. so when you have the same number, you wil have a balanced charge. now dont get confused by the protron. this is the other element that makes up the neucleus. it has no charge. though when you have more neutrons then protrons, the atom then becomes "heavy"
2006-09-06 20:34:59 · answer #3 · answered by emdog2564 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has the same number of protons as electrons.
It's from S1 Science.
2006-09-06 20:29:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same number of protons (+) as electrons (-)
2006-09-06 20:28:35 · answer #5 · answered by just browsin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋