Why are nonmetals more likely to react with eachother by sharing electrons

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Wiggles

10 March, 09:39

Why are nonmetals more likely to react with eachother by sharing electrons

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Gretta · Answer 1

The answer is; non-metals have a high ionization energy

This means that it would take more energy to dislodge an electron from the valence orbital than it would take to do the same to a metal atom. Therefore it would be easier to share electrons for non-metals while it would be easier to lose an electron for metals to reach a stable electron configuration.