Metallic Bonding
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What do metal elements exist as?
Giant metallic lattice structures.
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What happens to the outermost electrons?
Delocalised, the electrons are free to move
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What do the delocalised electrons leave?
A positive metal cation
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What is metallic bonding?
The metal cations are electrostatically attracted to the delocalised electrons and form a lattice of closely packed cations in a sea of delocalised electrons
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What do metallic bonding explain?
Properties of metals.
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