Chemistry - GCSE AQA - Combined Science - Higher: What do protons and electrons do to the charge of an atom?

Question

What do protons and electrons do to the charge of an atom?

yxng.edxn · Accepted Answer

Atoms have no charge because there is an equal amount of protons and neutrons. They have the same size charge and because they are both oppositely charged, they cancel each other out, leaving the atom with no charge.

yxng.edxn · Answer

Because there is an equal number of protons and electrons, they cancel each other out and leave the atom with no charge.

yxng.edxn · Answer

They cancel each other out because there are an equal number of protons and electrons. This mean the atom has no charge.