Since the no. of electrons and protons are equal in an atom and the atom is electrically neutral, then why does is need to add or remove electrons to get stable?
Answers
The total electric charge of the atom is therefore zero and the atom is said to be neutral.in contrast, when an atom loses or gains an electron (or the rarer case of losing or gaining a proton, which requires a nuclear reaction), the total charges add up to something other than zero. The atom is then said to be electrically charged, or "ionized". There is a major difference between the neutral state and the ionized state. In the neutral state, an atom has little electromagnetic attraction to other atoms.
Explanation:
Atoms are neutral if they have the same number of charged protons and electrons, balancing positive and negative charges. As long as the numbers of electron and protons are the same, the charges will balance. Sometimes atoms are more stable though when they are not perfectly electrically neutral
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