How does a positive ion form?

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Ayush M.
Dec 9, 2016

By giving away an electron.

Explanation:

I'm assuming you are talking about ionic bonding. Elements on the left-most part of the periodic table of elements have one extra electron to the octet rule. This is why they want to give an electron away to something else, like a flourine atom. When the element gives off an electron, it gets a positive charge, making it a positive ion.

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