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What has positive ions and can form ionic compounds?
Metals form positive ions and form ionic compounds with negative ions.
What type of elements form positive ions and what are positive ions called?
The elements that lose electrons and form positive ions are called metals. They will lose the electrons from their highest levels of energy to gain a more positive charge and form positive ions.
Will atoms of a non metallic element form positive or negative ions?
Positive ions
What are elements lose electrons and form positive ions named?
The elements that lose electrons and form positive ions are called metals. They will lose the electrons from their highest levels of energy to gain a more positive charge and form positive ions.
Does Fe form negative ions?
No, it forms positive ions.
What are the top ways of identifying metal ions?
They have a positive charge. All metals form positive ions.
How do ions in metals behave?
Metals form positive ions (cations).
Why do some atoms form positive ions and some form negative ions?
Because they want to.
What elements from the body form positive ions?
Elements that tend to form positive ions (cations) include metals such as sodium (Na), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg). These elements typically lose electrons to achieve a stable electron configuration.
Does uranium have positive or negative ions?
Uranium can form both positive and negative ions, depending on the specific chemical conditions. In its most common form, uranium typically forms positive ions by losing electrons to achieve a stable configuration.
Do non metal elements only form positive ions?
Metals tend to form positive ions also known as cations.
Do ions form electrically positive compounds?
The positive ions and negative ions attract each other. This attractive force is an ionic bond. Each positive ion balances the charge of one negative ion so overall, the compound is electrically neutral. P.S. This is from my textbook. Good luck. :)
