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Which of the following describes the charge of an atom before any electrons are transferred?

positive charge


negative charge


it depends on the number of protons and neutrons


neutral charge

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I am pretty sure that the following which describes the charge of an atom before any electrons are transferred is neutral charge. According to the fact that atom is always like that before ionization, this answer is definitely correct. Hope it helps!
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