Question

Describe how protons, neutrons, and electrons each affect the charge and mass of an atom.

Answer 1

Answer: Neutrons and protons affects the mass number and electrons affects the charge on an atom.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mass number is defined as the sum of number of protons and neutrons that are present in an atom.

Mass number = Number of protons + Number of neutrons

In an atom, when neutrons or protons are lost or gains, it directly affects the mass number of an atom.

Atomic number is defined as the number of protons or number of electrons that are present in an atom.

Atomic number = Number of electrons = Number of protons

In an atom, when electrons are lost, the atom gains a positive charge and forms cation. In an atom, when electrons are gained, the atom occupies a negative charge and forms anion.

Hence, neutrons and protons affects the mass number and electrons affects the charge on an atom.

Answer 2

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The proton is the most heavy component of an atom, for you see, eletrons have like 1/1700 the prontons mass. Just the number of eletrons can change the charge of an atom, when we have more protons than eletrons, the atom has positive value, when there are more eletrons than protons, we have a negative value. Neutrons have almost the same mass of protons and don't affect the charge.

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