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True or false, If an atom is charged negative, it contains more electrons than protons.

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True

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An atom would carry more protons if positively charged, an equal amount of both protons and electrons if neutral, and more electrons if charged negative.

User Webfrogs
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False, it would contain more protons than electrons because of the negative charge
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