An atom of calcium has 20 protons, how many electrons does it have?

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anor277
Mar 16, 2018

Protons are massive, elementary particles with a unit POSITIVE CHARGE....

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And so if we got a NEUTRAL calcium atom, if there are 20 positively charged particles, and there are, because, for calcium, by definition, #Z=20#, there are NECESSARILY 20 negatively charged particles associated with the atom, that are conceived to whizz around the massive nuclear core.

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