Metallic bonding Flashcards
1
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Name 5 properties of metals
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Ductile Malleable Sonorous High melting/boiling point Heat/electrical conductor Dense Shiny
2
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Describe what electrostatic attractions are
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Attraction between a fully positive and fully negative species
3
Q
Describe how non-directional forces work in metallic bonding
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Each free electron is attracted every cation around it
4
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Describe metallic bonding
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A regular arrangement of cations with a sea of delocalised, free-moving electrons. The movement of the delocalised electrons is random in normal conditions and the structure is held together by electrostatic attractions between the electrons and cations.
