Essential Chemistry for IGCSE - Atoms, Elements And Compounds (Section 3 - No. 39)
What is the relationship between the atomic number and the number of electrons in a neutral atom?
Atomic number is always greater than the number of electrons.
Atomic number is always less than the number of electrons.
Atomic number is equal to the number of electrons.
There is no fixed relationship.
Explanation
In a neutral atom, the number of electrons equals the atomic number (which is the number of protons).
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