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  • 13-09-2018
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What statement best explains why the overall charge on an atom is zero?

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kbarras9994
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  • 13-09-2018

An atom has a neutral overall charge because it has the same number of electrons as protons. Protons and neutrons have the same mass. Electrons have such a small mass that this can usually be taken as zero.

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Xema8 Xema8
  • 03-07-2019

Explanation:

The charge of an atom is the number of protons minus the number of electrons. Usually these two numbers are equal ,so charge of atom is zero.  

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