Metallic Bonding

Properties of a Metal

• Sonorous
• Ductile
• Shiny
• Malleable
  • when rearranged oppositely charged cations and anions still attract
• Conducts electricity
  • delocalised electrons
• Hard
• High tensile strength
• High melting point
• Conducts heat

Metallic Structure

• Delocalised - free

• Metallic bonding is the electrostatic attraction between the metal cations and the delocalised electrons
• The ions are arranged in a lattice
• The delocalised electrons can carry charge