Conservation of electrons/protons

[Ada Chung 1C]

I know that mass and atoms are conserved in a chemical reaction but I'm wondering if electrons or protons are conserved.

[Paul Hage 2G]

I believe that there is charge conservation in chemical reactions; therefore, electrons and protons would be conserved throughout a chemical reaction because the atoms on each side of the equation are balanced.

[Ethan Lam 4A]

Does the charge conservation work for ions too?

[EricZhao3G]

Electrons and protons have mass as well so based off of the law of conservation of mass, the number of electrons and protons must stay the same in a chemical equation. That's just one way to think about it, because there's also charge conservation as well.

[Brianna Becerra 1B]

As both electrons and protons have a mass, they are conserved due to the law of conservation of mass. They also need to keep a familiar ratio as to cancel out and cause the atom to be neutral.

[Sean1F]

Does the charge conservation work for ions too?

I, too, had this question. Can anybody elaborate? I saw an example with an ion and I was confused.

[Laura WM 3I]

If the molecule has a certain coefficient after balancing the equation, would the electrons also be multiplied by that coefficient?

[Jiapeng Han 1C]

Electrons and protons are charged so if they are not conserved, the number of charges of a reaction would change which clearly violates the "conservation of charge" law.