Which statement describes the chemical properties of a metal? Metals tend to gain electrons and form cations. Metals tend to gain electrons and form anions. Metals tend to lose electrons in order to form anions. Metals tend to lose electrons and form cations.

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Yasmine Montoya · Answer 1

Metals tends to lose electrons to form cations

Because all metals (and all other elements as well) want to be like noble gases which have no charge.