{"id":209857,"date":"2025-04-29T12:58:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=209857"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:58:52","slug":"an-atom-containing-8-protons-9-neutrons-and-8-electrons-would-be-considered-charge-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/29\/an-atom-containing-8-protons-9-neutrons-and-8-electrons-would-be-considered-charge-neutral\/","title":{"rendered":"An atom containing 8 protons, 9 neutrons, and 8 electrons would be considered charge-neutral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An atom containing 8 protons, 9 neutrons, and 8 electrons would be considered charge-neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A True<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B False<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer: A. True<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An atom consists of three fundamental subatomic particles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Protons<\/strong> (positively charged)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Neutrons<\/strong> (neutral, no charge)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Electrons<\/strong> (negatively charged)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>charge<\/strong> of an atom depends entirely on the balance between protons and electrons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each <strong>proton<\/strong> has a charge of <strong>+1<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each <strong>electron<\/strong> has a charge of <strong>\u20131<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Neutrons<\/strong> do not affect the charge since they have no charge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this question, the atom has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>8 protons<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>8 electrons<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>9 neutrons<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>8 protons<\/strong> contribute a total positive charge of <strong>+8<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>8 electrons<\/strong> contribute a total negative charge of <strong>\u20138<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>net charge<\/strong> of the atom is:<br><strong>+8 (protons) + \u20138 (electrons) = 0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the net charge is zero, the atom is <strong>electrically neutral<\/strong> or <strong>charge-neutral<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>neutrons<\/strong>, though important for the mass and stability of the nucleus, do <strong>not influence the charge<\/strong>. In this case, having 9 neutrons (instead of the more common 8 in oxygen) simply means the atom is an <strong>isotope<\/strong> of oxygen\u2014specifically, <strong>oxygen-17<\/strong>. Isotopes are variants of an element that have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To summarize:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>number of protons equals the number of electrons<\/strong> in this atom.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Therefore, their charges cancel each other out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hence, the atom is <strong>electrically neutral<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So the correct answer is <strong>A. True<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An atom containing 8 protons, 9 neutrons, and 8 electrons would be considered charge-neutral. A True B False The correct answer and explanation is : Correct Answer: A. 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