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Why would an atom with high electronegativity be a great match for an atom with low ionization energy?

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Because the easier a metal donates an electron (Low Ionization Energy), the more readily a non-metal with high electromagnetically will accept it.

Thus they match well, - one readily donates, the other readily accepts. This is how ionic bonding occurs.

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