Metallic Bond

A Metallic Bond is a chemical bond that forms from electrostatic attractive forces between conduction electrons and positively charged metal ions

• Counter-Example(s):
  • Ionic Bond.
  • Covalent Bond.
• See: Lustre (Mineralogy), Mercurous Ion, Coulomb's Law, Conduction Electrons, Metal, Crystal Structure, Cations, Physical Properties, Strength of Materials, Ductility, Thermal Conductivity, Electrical Resistivity And Conductivity.

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References

2017

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic_bonding Retrieved:2017-7-9.
  • Metallic bonding is a type of chemical bonding that arises from the electrostatic attractive force between conduction electrons (in the form of an electron cloud of delocalized electrons) and positively charged metal ions. It may be described as the sharing of free electrons among a lattice of positively charged ions (cations). Metallic bonding accounts for many physical properties of metals, such as strength, ductility, thermal and electrical resistivity and conductivity, opacity, and luster.

    Metallic bonding is not the only type of chemical bonding a metal can exhibit, even as a pure substance. For example, elemental gallium consists of covalently-bound pairs of atoms in both liquid and solid state — these pairs form a crystal lattice with metallic bonding between them. Another example of a metal–metal covalent bond is mercurous ion ().

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