Question

Plasma is an electrically charged state of matter that is created from superheating a gas. In a bottle containing plasma, there are 100 negatively charged ions and 96 positively charged ions. What is the charge of the bottle of plasma?

a. +4 Charge
b. +196 Charge
c. -196 Charge
d. -4 Charge

Answer 1

-4

Step-by-step explanation:

The charge of the bottle of plasma would be -4, because 100 negatively charged ions (-) have a total charge of -100, and 96 positively charged ions (+) have a total charge of 96. When you subtract -100 from 96, you get -4.