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Why Metals form positive ions?

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Metals are very electropositive, meaning that their outer electrons are very loosely bound to them, so that that electronegative atoms (atoms which tend to suck-in electrons) react with metals to form ionic compounds consisting of negative ions of the electronegative element, and positive ions of the metal.

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