An independent variable is the variable changed or controlled in a scientific experiment to test the effects on the dependent variable. A dependent variable is the variable being tested and measured in a scientific experiment.
The answer is: lose electrons and form positive ions.
Most metals have strong metallic bond, because of strong electrostatic attractive force between valence electrons (metals usually have low ionization energy and lose electrons easy) and positively charged metal ions.
The ionization energy (Ei) is the minimum amount of energy required to remove the valence electron, when element lose electrons, oxidation number of element grows (oxidation process).
For example, magnesium has atomic number 12, which means it has 12 protons and 12 electrons. It lost two electrons to form magnesium cation (Mg²⁺) with stable electron configuration like closest noble gas neon (Ne) with 10 electrons.
Electron configuration of magnesium ion: ₁₂Mg²⁺ 1s² 2s² 2p⁶.
1. weathering and erosion on Earth's surface is always breaking Rock down 2. Transport 3. Deposition 4. Compaction and cementation. 5. Metamorphism 6. rock melt
Answer:

Explanation:
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In this case, by knowing the given reference reactions, one could rearrange them as follows:


Subsequently, to obtain the main reaction, we add the aforementioned reference rearranged reactions as shown below (just as reference):

Consequently, the equilibrium constant is computed as:
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