CH-241
Metallic bonding
Chemistry · Secondary 3 · Medium · Metallic bonding
Which statement correctly describes the bonding in a typical metal such as copper?
- Positive metal ions in a lattice surrounded by a sea of delocalised electrons.
- Pairs of electrons shared between two metal atoms only.
- Positive and negative ions arranged as alternating layers of ions and molecules.
- Neutral metal atoms held by weak forces between molecules.
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