Normally, atoms are electrically neutral because there are what

It is always electrons that move to charge an object. 32. Protons have a positive charge, electrons have a negative charge and neutrons have no charge. electrons in most atoms are equal, so the charges balance and the atom is electrically neutral.

Atoms are usually neutral because they have the same number of protons as they do electrons, if I had 6 electrons in an atom then it would have a -6 charge but if I add 6 protons with each one having +1 charge then the atom is balanced.

The specific example I just gave you is carbon the 6th element.

However in almost every reaction the elements or atoms will share electrons. For instance when you creat table salt you are mixing sodium and chlorine, sodium is an alkaline metal so it has 1 valence electron and chlorine is a halogen so it has 7 valence electrons. Valence electrons are one of the main factors in reactions, the less valence electrons there are the more reactive it will be, they are also the outermost electrons. So the sodium atom will give up its 1 electron to the halogen atom. In chemistry when a compound with just two atoms share electrons and have a total of 8 valence electrons then the compound becomes 100% neutral.

I could go into more detail but I will not.

I did make this funny chemistry joke though,

What did francium say to helium?

Your boron.

You see francium is the most reactive element and helium is the least reactive element, and one might call an un-reactive element boring, and boron is the 5th element. So it's kinda funny.