EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -All atoms have the same number of electrons as protons, so the positive and negative charges “cancel out", making atoms electrically neutral. Unlike protons and neutrons, which are located inside the nucleus at the center of the atom, electrons are found outside the nucleus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Atoms are neutral; they contain the same number of protons as electrons. By definition, an ion is an electrically charged particle produced by either removing electrons from a neutral atom to give a positive ion or adding electrons to a neutral atom to give a negative ion.

Detailed explanation-3: -The nucleus of a neutral atom has an equal number of protons, neutrons, and electrons.

Detailed explanation-4: -All proper atoms have equal number of protons and electrons ie, all non-ions have equal number of protons and electrons. However when an atom is ionized by removing one electron, then it is positively charged and has one electron less than proton.