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The transfer of electrons occurs because ..

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Transfer of electrons occur because  electrons are attached to positively charged materials
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Transfer of electrons occur during a type of chemical combination. The type of chemical combination that involves the transfer of electron(s) is electrovalent or ionic combination.

Electrovalent combination is a chemical combination in which an atom (usually a metal) transfers its valence electron(s) to another atom (usually a non-metal). The metal becomes positively charged (cation) after the transfer while the non-metal becomes negatively charged (anion) after receiving.

Both atoms are involved in this transfer so as to achieve there respective octet configuration; to have a completely filled outermost shell or to have a noble-gas electronic configuration.

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