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Why doesn't static electricity cause ionic bonding,since some atoms become positively charged and others are negatively charged ?
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Why Doesn't Static Electricity Cause Ionic Bonding?
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Borek said:Please elaborate, not sure what you mean.
Well, since electrons transfer from some atoms to others during static electricity, then some atoms have a negative charge while others have a positive charge; thus becoming ions, but how come the ions do not form bonds?
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