Metals have a low electronegativity compared to nonmetals.
Metals usually form cations, or positively charged ions.
cations, they all ionize to a positive charge cation=+ charge anion=- charge
Metals generally form cations
''Cations'' breh. Transition metals often form ions wihout complete octets that's why all the stable ions are all cations You can also tell that they form cations because some of the trans metals form colored compounds and give off light. Light is only given off by cations, not anions.
Metals form positive ions (cations).
The type of ions that metals form are called positively charged ions. The scientific name for positively charged ions is cations.
Metals lose electrons and form cations to get a full octet.
metals have high electropositivity and low ionisation energy. So they tend to form cations easily.
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Metals form cations and have positive oxidation states.
Metals form cations. They loose electrons.
Alkali metals forn cations with the chrage +1.