EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Metals have several qualities that are unique, such as the ability to conduct electricity and heat, a low ionization energy, and a low electronegativity (so they will give up electrons easily to form cations).

Detailed explanation-2: -Metals tend to lose electrons and form positively charged ions called cations. Non-metals tend to gain electrons and form negatively charged ions called anions.

Detailed explanation-3: -This is actually one of the chemical properties of metals and nonmetals: metals tend to form cations, while nonmetals tend to form anions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Metal atoms lose electrons to nonmetal atoms because metals typically have relatively low ionization energies. Metals at the bottom of a group lose electrons more easily than those at the top.

Detailed explanation-5: -A cation is an ion with positive charge, which means it has more protons (positively-charged particles) than electrons (negatively-charged particles). Cations are formed when an atom loses one or more electrons: the loss of the negatively-charged electron(s) results in an overall positive charge.