Question

Describe the modern model of the atom. Your discussion should include: the three main types of particles that make up an atom; the charge and location of each particle; and explain what the overall charge of the atom is. *

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The modern model of the atom sees it as a small structure with a dense, positively charged core called nucleus. The nucleus houses most of the masses of the atom and consists of the proton and the neutron. The positively charged proton is primarily responsible for the positiveness of the nucleus. At some distance away from the nucleus is a light, negatively charged particle called the electron that revolves around the nucleus in an orbit-like fashion .

For a neutral atom, the number of the positively charged proton balances that of the negatively charged electron which circulate rounds the nucleus. Atoms in which these two particles do not balance each other are no longer described as being neutral.