Question

an atom is made up of charged particles called electrons and protons , but it is neutral. why?

Answer 1

An atom is made up of charge particles called electron and protons but it is neutral because the no of protons and electron is equal in an atom. Due to which they cancel out the charge of each other and that's why an atom is electrically neutral.

Answer 2

Atoms are made up of positively charged particles known as protons and negatively charged particles known as electrons as well ad non charged particles called neutrons. However, atoms are not always electrically neutral, in which case they are called ions