Can anyone explain why atoms are more stable in their neutral form if most neutral atoms release energy when they gain an electron?

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Can anyone explain why atoms are more stable in their neutral form if most neutral atoms release energy when they gain an electron?

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Most atoms aren’t stable in their neutral form. Oxygen immediately forms O2, Carbon forms graphite and diamond, the halogens form pretty much anything else.

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