Is this just an academic question or does more follow? I don't like to buy a "pig in a poke".
Add a proton to Li-7, if that's all you do, will make a + ion, yes, but it is an ion of Be.
3Li7 + 1P1 ==> 4Be8. Unless this picks up an electron (and stray electrons are everywhere) the Be will be + charged, at least temporarily.
Does adding a proton to lithium-7 make it a positively charged ion?
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So, when we add just one proton (no electrons or neutrons), it changes to beryllium-8?
Yes, Isn't the atomic number that is on the periodic table the number of protons i the nucleus? Yes it is. So 3 protons makes it Li and 4 protons makes it Be since Be is atomic number 4. Adding a bunch more would make 92U.
Look at the numbers. The subscripts add up and the superscripts add up.
3 + 1 = 4 for protons.
mass number 7 + 1 = mass number 8.
Look at the numbers. The subscripts add up and the superscripts add up.
3 + 1 = 4 for protons.
mass number 7 + 1 = mass number 8.
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