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How do metals and non-metals for ions?

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Metal atoms and non-metal atoms do different things when they ionise. Metal atoms lose the electron, or electrons, in their highest energy level and become positively charged ions. Non-metal atoms gain an electron, or electrons, to become negatively charged ions.

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