What is the positively charged particle in the atom?

Answer by  mandyaljp (55)

Proton is the positively charged particle in the atom. Which is contained in the nucleus of the atom along the neutrons, which are electrically neutral. Protons carry a charge equal to the charge of of electrons but with a different polarity, i. e. positive.

Answer by  cubedbee (155)

A proton, found in the nucleus of an atom, carries a positive charge, which attracts the negatively charged electrons that orbit the nucleus.

Answer by  UpwardBoundPrecalcTutor (128)

A positively charged particle in an atom is called a proton. Additionally, the number of protons in an atom is what determines its atomic number and element name. Hydrogen has 1 proton, its atomic number is 1. Oxygen has 8 protons, its atomic number is 8.