Metallic Bonding Flashcards
1
Q
Metals are …
A
Giant structures
2
Q
Metals consist of …
A
A regular array of cations in a sea of delocalised electrons
3
Q
Metals … Electricity
A
Do conduct
4
Q
Electricity is conducted in metals by…
A
Outer electrons of the atoms in a metal being free to move around the whole structure, picking up electricity and transferring it around the whole structure
5
Q
Heat energy is conveyed…
A
The same way as electricity
6
Q
A property of metals is that they are…
A
Malleable
