Metallic Bonding

• What type of bonding occurs between metal atoms?

  Metallic bonding
• What are the characteristic properties of metals due to metallic bonding?

  Strength, high melting and boiling points
• How do metals bond to non-metals?

  Through ionic bonding
• How do non-metals bond to other non-metals?

  Through covalent bonding
• What happens to outer shell electrons in metallic bonding?

  They are shared among all atoms
• What are delocalized electrons?

  Electrons that can move freely in metals
• What holds the metallic structure together?

  Electrostatic attraction between ions and electrons
• Why do metals have high melting and boiling points?

  Due to strong metallic bonding
• Why are metals good conductors of electricity and heat?

  Delocalized electrons carry energy
• What does malleable mean in relation to metals?

  Can be bent or hammered into shapes
• Why can layers of metal atoms slide over one another?

  Due to the regular structure of metals
• What is an alloy?

  A mixture of two or more different elements
• How are alloys made?

  By mixing different metals or a metal and non-metal
• Why do different sized atoms in alloys make them harder?

  They disrupt the regular structure of metals