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[โ€“] Adalast@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, this is not the case. There are plenty of atoms/molecules that have greater negative ionization states than -1. This wouldn't even make everything neutral.

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[โ€“] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

OTOH, if you shifted the ionization state of every single atom, then pretty much every molecule would end up flying apart. You can't form H2O if hydrogen has no electrons at all; hydrogen becomes a single proton.