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When an element tends to lose its valence electrons in chemical reactions , it behaves more like a

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Answer: The element behaves more like a metal.

On a side note, if the element tends to gain valence electrons in chemical reactions, it would behave more like a nonmetal.

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Covalent bond. Reason: I just asked my biology teacher
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