Nonmetals gain electrons.
Atoms of non-metals usually gain or share electrons when they react with other atoms.
They will loose electrons.
Atoms of non-metals usually gain or share electrons when they react with other atoms.
Metals loss electrons and nonmetals gain electrons.
They tend to gain electrons when reacting with a metal. Metals generally are short of a full octet by 1 to 4 valence electrons. It is easier to drop 2 electrons than try to gain 6 electrons. The elements in group four can go either way, but the other metals will give up electrons, and non-metals will take them.
Metals are likely to make anions. So they lose electrons to get a positive charge. The other elements gain electrons and get negatively charged.
Halogens, group 17 on the periodic table, typically gain or share one electron in covalent bonds
nonmetals tend to gain electrons when they react
Nonmetals usually accept electrons to become negative ions (anions), e.g. Cl + e- --> Cl-.
Atoms of non-metals generally react with atoms of metals by forming ionic compounds. This is achieved when non-metals gain electrons or a metal atom loses electrons.
The non-metallic atoms will gain electrons, while the metallic atoms will lose electrons to become ions. An ionic compound is thus formed and all ions will have the noble gas configuration/structure.
Metals give up electrons while non-metals gain electrons