Question

Atoms have Negatively charged particles called electrons and positively charged particle calls called protons if an atom loses an electron it has a positive electric charge if it gains an electron it has a negative electric charge which integer would represent the electric charge of an atom that has an equal number of electrons and protons?

Answer 1

0

Explanation:

This is because since the charge on the electron is negative while that on the proton is positive, also, the number of electrons equals the number of protons, this implies that the number of charges of electrons is equal and opposite to the number of charges of protons. This implies that their numbers are the inverse of each other. We know that the sum of a number and its inverse is zero, therefore, the electric charge on an atom with equal number of electrons and protons is thus zero.

So the integer that would represent this charge is zero, "0".