The correct answer is a metal atom forms a cation, and a nonmetal atom forms an anion. This is because metals are less electronegative than nonmetals and will therefore give electrons to nonmetals. Atoms that give up electrons will have a positive charge therefore becoming a cation while atoms that accept electrons will have a negative charge therefore becoming an anion.
Ions that have the same charge can't be attracted to each other since it takes a positive and negative charge to cause attractive forces.
A less electronegative atom will transfer electrons to a more electronegative atom.
A metal (cation) can pull electrons from another metal (not an ion) but that does not form an attractive force between the two metals (You will learn more about this when you go over reduction potentials, redox reactions, and electrochemistry).
I hope this helps. Let me know if anything is unclear.
Answer:
they repel
Explanation:
because like charges repel
The question is incomplete, here is the complete question:
At elevated temperature, nitrogen dioxide decomposes to nitrogen oxide and oxygen gas
The reaction is second order for 
with a rate constant of 
at 300°C. If the initial [NO₂] is 0.260 M, it will take ________ s for the concentration to drop to 0.150 M
a) 1.01 b) 5.19 c) 0.299 d) 0.0880 e) 3.34
<u>Answer:</u> The time taken is 5.19 seconds
<u>Explanation:</u>
The integrated rate law equation for second order reaction follows:
![k=\frac{1}{t}\left (\frac{1}{[A]}-\frac{1}{[A]_o}\right)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=k%3D%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7Bt%7D%5Cleft%20%28%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%5BA%5D%7D-%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%5BA%5D_o%7D%5Cright%29)
where,
k = rate constant =
t = time taken = ?
[A] = concentration of substance after time 't' = 0.150 M
![[A]_o](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5BA%5D_o)
= Initial concentration = 0.260 M
Putting values in above equation, we get:
Hence, the time taken is 5.19 seconds
