Non metals form bonds by gaining electrons. They form anions.
Metals tend to form bonds by gaining electrons.
A family is a column in a periodic table; all elements in a family have similar physical and chemical properties, because they have the same numbers of valence electrons (outer electrons).
The chemical family with elements that have 6 valence electrons is the oxygen family or Group 16 on the periodic table. These elements include oxygen, sulfur, selenium, and tellurium. They typically form -2 anion by gaining two electrons to achieve a full outer shell of eight electrons.
There are 8 valence electrons in the noble gases, the family of elements furthest to the right on the periodic table.
The elements in each column of the periodic table have the same number of valence electrons. None of the other characteristics listed in the question is common to all these elements.
The family of elements that has 4 valence electrons is the carbon family, which includes carbon (C), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), and lead (Pb). These elements are located in Group 14 of the periodic table.
Such atoms belong to a group in the periodic table of elements.
The 3rd family on the periodic table is the Boron family, also known as Group 13. It includes elements such as Boron, Aluminum, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium. These elements have three valence electrons.
They all have the same number of electrons
The oxygen family in Group 16 is most likely to become a -2 ion by gaining two electrons to achieve a full outer shell of eight electrons. This family includes elements like oxygen, sulfur, and selenium.
This is the alkali metals family; the ionization energy is lower for these chemical elements.
All of the members of the carbon family have 4 valence electrons.