When transfer of electrons happen in static electricity, won’t the atom become unstable and implode on itself?

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When transfer of electrons happen in static electricity, won’t the atom become unstable and implode on itself?

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No. If an atom loses or gains an electron so the number of electrons doesn’t match the number of protons in the nucleus it is called ionized. It will want to steal an electron from another molecule, sometimes an electron with an extra atom is close by and you get a spark.