Why alkali and alkaline dirt metals smoothly form cations?
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because they lose valence electrons easily. the alkali metals have 1 valence electron and the alkaline loam metals have two valence electrons. They need 8 Valence electrons to become stable, so it is easier to lose the 1 or 2 valence electrons instead of getting hold of 6 or 7. When an element loses elctrons, it becomes more positive, designation it is a cation. Source(s): we learned it in science over days gone by few weeks.
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