Assertion: metal | /r/CapableOf | form positive ions
Facets:
value: readily
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In chemistry, a metal is an element that readily forms positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds.
text: Which of the following applies to metallic elements when they form positive ions?
text: Metals tend to form positive ions, and like charges repel, so how do metal atoms stay bonded together in a solid?
text: The nucleus barely attracts the outermost electrons at all (one of the reasons metals form positive ions).