0
Metals are usually positive and non-metals are usually negative.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoMetals usually form positive charged ions whereas non-metals form negative.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What kind of bonds do metals and nonmetals form?
Metals and nonmetals form ionic bonds.
What type of bonding happens to metalloids and metals and why?
• Metalloids: usually form covalent bonds with atoms of metals, nonmetals and other metalloids. They can easily take electrons from metals and lose electrons to nonmetals. • Metalloids: usually form covalent bonds with atoms of metals, nonmetals and other metalloids. They can easily take electrons from metals and lose electrons to nonmetals. They form because they want their valence shell to be full. Metals usually lose valence electrons because they want to stabilize their valence shell. Metalloids depends because they have different properties of metals and non metals.
Do non-metals become positive or negative as ions?
It is possible to make positive ions of nonmetals e.g. oxygen, chlorine, by putting enough energy into them. They normally form negative ions when in a spontaneous reaction.
What atom can form a negative ion but usually forms a positive one?
Non Metals
What are the similarities metals and nonmetals have in common?
Metals and nonmetals are both in the periodic table. They both have atoms in them.
Why do metals and non metals usually form ionic compounds where as two bonded nonmetals are never ionic?
probably because they are different
What kind of ions do metals form and what kind of ions do nonmetals form?
Metals for positively charged ions and nonmetals form negatively charged ions.
What type of ions will nonmetals form?
Metals form cations and non-metals form anions.
Molecules form between whereas ionic compounds form between?
nonmetals; nonmetals and metals
What are the three major groups of elements on the periodic table?
The three classes of periodic elements are:Metals,that usually tend to lose electrons to form positive ions.Semi-metals or MetalloidsNon-metals,that usually tend to accept electrons to become negative ions.
What kind of bonds d nonmetals usally form?
When 2 non metals form a bond together, it is usually a covalent bond.
What is made when you add metals and non metals?
Metals and nonmetals form ionic compounds.
