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what is the maximum number of electrons that an atom can hold?

>> No.5507363

lol

>> No.5507368

15 i think

>> No.5507369

Trick question, it's zero. The atom does hold any, the electrons spin freely around it. I'm not falling for your ruse today.

>> No.5507380

all of them.

Captcha = isosays 671

(perhaps the answer is 671.)

>> No.5507486

>>5507353

just a guess, but if atoms tend to have a positive charge the more massive they get and appear to cap out its e capacity then I would assume that it could get so positive that it would break whatever barrier was preventing more electrons

>> No.5507491

>>5507353

the limit is defined by how many protons can be held in the nucleus.

uranium holds 92 electrons, carbon holds 6. heavier atoms can hold more, but they get more and more unstable as they increase in size.

>>5507369

sagefaggot strikes again!

you do know that NOT POSTING would have the same effect, right?

>> No.5507519

The same number of protons that is has.


(if it has a net charge, it isn't an atom. It is an ion).

>> No.5507542

>>5507519
Ions are subsets of atoms.
That's like saying if some cardboard is fitted into a cube shape, it's no longer cardboard because it's a box.

>> No.5507648

Any atom with more than 137 electrons would require 1s electrons to be traveling faster than the speed of light

>> No.5507655

The atomic number of the element is the number of electrons it has

>> No.5507656

>>5507519
lrn 2 ions

>> No.5507660

>>5507655
That doesn't apply to ions. But for elements, that is true.

>> No.5507691

>>5507353
At present 118.