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What kind of electric charge does an atom have answer.com?

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Atoms of "ordinary" matter have a dense positively charged nucleus (containing protons and/or neutrons) with electrons moving around it while antimatter has a dense negatively charged nucleus (containing antiprotons and antineutrons) with positrons moving around it.
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It's negative electric charge
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