Chemistry A-Level
Distinguishing metals from non-metals
What Distinguishing metals from non-metals means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Distinguishing metals from non-metals
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Metals lose electrons to form positive ions and non-metals gain electrons to form negative ions.
Topics that use Distinguishing metals from non-metals
- Compounds, formulae and equations (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Balanced chemical equations
- ionic equations
- Spectator ions
- State symbols
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- carbonate ion
- Charges on common ions and polyatomic ions
- Electrical neutrality of ionic compounds
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