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Do metals or nonmetals have the greatest tendency to lose electrons and become positive ions?
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Do metals or nonmetals have the greatest tendency to lose electrons and become positive ions?

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The metals have the tedency to lose electrons and become positive ions

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In order to attain noble gases electronic configuration, metals of group I A lose one electron and II A lose 2 electrons with ionization energy.

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