Chemistry Questions

The compound methane is a simple hydrocarbon contains one carbon bonded to four hydrogens. Ethane is a simple hydrocarbon which contains two carbon atoms and four hydrogen atoms. Similarly, propane with three carbons.

Atoms are composed of three main particles called electrons, protons and neutrons. We know that, the electrons are negatively charged particles whereas protons are positively charged and neutrons have no charge.

Hence, as the number of electrons and protons are equal and they are oppositely charged, the atom will have no charge as their charges cancel each other.

Atoms of the same element can have same atomic number and number of electrons since, the atomic number is the number of protons and the number of protons and eectrons are the same in an element.

Hence, the atoms of the same element may differ in their atomic mass since it depends on the number of neutrons it holds and such atoms are called isotopes.