3. -They become positive when they lose one
or more electron.
- They become negative when they gain
one or more electron.
4. Positive ions are called cations.
Negative ions are called anions.
Cations have lost electrons and
anions have gain electrons
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10. Ionic bonds form between elements which
readily lose electrons and others which
readily gain electrons. Because
the interaction between charges as given by
Coulomb's law is the same in all directions,
ionic compounds do not form molecules.
