could someone tell me ways in which ways silicon is similar to a metal and not similar ... thank you best answer for reward and extra points.
metals tend to lose electrons while non-metals gain electrons. When there are less electrons than protons, the balance shifts, and the atom becomes a positively charged ion. Most non metals have a higher ionization energy than metals, which means that non metals can take the metal's electron(s) is much easier than a metal taking a nonmetal's electron
since metals are electropositive in nature in other words metals have the tendency to lose electrons and they are positively charged since the proton number is more than the electron number as in the plus is more than the minus so hence plus is the charge of the overall atom example Fe 2+
