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In an ionic compound, what happens to the electrons that the metal atoms have lost?

In an ionic compound, what happens to the electrons that the metal atoms have lost?
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In an ionic compound, what happens to the electrons that the metal atoms have lost?

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they are gained by the non-metal to form a negative ion
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