Metallic Bonding

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What is metallic bonding?

The bonding that happens between metals where the outer shell delocalised electrons and the positive metal ions are held together in a regular structure by electrostatic force.

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What are the properties of Mentallic bonds?

  • Very strong

  • HIgh melting and boiling point

  • Solid at room temperature

  • Good conductors of electricity and heat

  • malleable

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What are alloys?

A mixture of two or more metals or a metal and another element.

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Why are alloys harder than pure metals?

When another element is mixed with a pure metal, the new meta atoms will distort the layers of metal atoms, making it difficult for them to slide over each other.