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What is the total charge of a nucleus of a nitrogen atom?

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The charge of every atom is neutral. This is because the positively charged protons are cancelled out by the negatively charged electrons.
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Every atom has the same number of electrons as there are protons, thus making every atom neutrally charged. Therefore, there is no charge in a nitrogen atom, or any atom to begin with. The only possibly charged things are ions.
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